GANGLAND brute ‘Fat Freddie’ Thompson is hoping to secure temporary release from prison to attend his mum’s funeral next week.
Lisa Thompson, who was in her 70s, passed away peacefully at her Dublin home on Sunday, April 16.
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Her funeral mass will take place at 11am on Monday April 24, at St Nicholas of Myra Church, Francis Street, Dublin.
Lisa, who is understood to have suffered poor health in recent years, will be “sadly missed and never forgotten by her loving family”, according to her death notice.
The service will be followed by burial in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
However, it seems unlikely that the Dublin criminal will be granted permission to attend.
A source told the Sunday World: “With the week that is in it with the Regency verdict coming in and all the expected tensions that it will cause especially if there is an acquittal for Gerry Hutch, it would simply not be safe for Freddie to be given any form of temporary release.”
Freddie is serving a life sentence for the murder of David Douglas in 2016.
Thompson, of Maryland in Dublin’s south inner city, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Douglas on July 1, 2016 on Bridgefoot Street.
He is the most senior member of the Kinahan cartel to be convicted of murder.
MONK CLEARED
Earlier this week Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch was found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne.
Sadie Byrne and James ‘Jaws’ Byrne, the parents of the late David, were in court to hear the court’s not-guilty verdict.
Ms Thompson, née Roe, was the sister of Sadie Byrne, whose son was shot dead at a weigh-in for a boxing event at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016.
Cleared Regency suspect Hutch treated himself to a takeaway following his release from prison — but the freed jailbird has his sights set on jetting off.
The Irish Sun can reveal cops believe the crime boss has booked a number of different flights to prevent his enemies from stalking him.
Following a spate of bookings, the Dubliner has tickets for THREE different flights tomorrow.
And it was also rumoured that he had two flights booked to different European destinations today.
But despite the belief he would leave Ireland due to the threat against him from the Kinahan cartel, he was publicly spotted in Dublin.
The Irish Sun’s image shows Hutch carrying a bag of food as he went about his business.
After being acquitted on Monday, he strolled out the front door of the Criminal Courts of Justice sporting a thick beard and long hair.
But Hutch was clean-shaven with trimmed locks when spotted with his bag of takeaway grub.