THUG GILLIGAN IS ‘LYING LITTLE PIG’
Veronica killer hits back at mobster’s ‘confession’ claim
KILLER Brian “The Tosser” Meehan has branded his former gang boss John Gilligan a “lying little pig”.
The lifer, convicted of the murder of Veronica Guerin, reportedly hit the roof when he heard what Gilligan, 70, said about him on a recent TV documentary.
Meehan, 56, told inmates at Shelton Abbey open prison in Co Wicklow that Gilligan is “full of s***” after he claimed Meehan admitted he was the driver of the motorbike which carried the gunman who shot Guerin.
In Confessions of a Crime Boss, Gilligan claimed Meehan talked about his involvement in the journalist’s 1996 assassination while the pair were in Portlaoise Prison. Meehan has always denied killing Ms Guerin and insisted the blame lay with ex-soldier turned state witness Charlie Bowden. A source said Meehan went crazy when he heard Gilligan’s claims, including how he had called Meehan a dog and the “lowest form of life going”. The source said: “Initally Meehan ignored what Gilligan was saying... but as more came out on the documentary about him he went mad. “He has been saying how Gilligan is full of s**t and a lying little pig. He was overheard telling others how you couldn’t believe a single word out of his mouth.”
Meehan, who has been granted day release and is due to start a work placement outside the jail shortly, is hoping to get full release from prison in the next few years.
Sources say he had hoped to move abroad, possibly to Spain or Portugal, but he may now have to review his plans.
The source said: “All [this] has thrown his name back into the spotlight. He had been hoping to move away and fade into the background.
“Now he’s p***ed off that Gilligan has put the spotlight back on him again.”
The thug, who was one of Gilligan’s henchmen, was found guilty of Ms Guerin’s murder in 1999 – the only person convicted for the killing.
Mum-of-one Veronica, who was known for her campaigning crime reporting, was blasted six times as she sat in her car at traffic lights at Newlands Cross on the Naas Road.
The brutal murder caused outrage and led to gardai smashing the entire gang run by drug lord Gilligan as well as the establishment of the Criminal Assets Bureau.
He was hoping to get out and move away... but Gilligan has put the spotlight back on him again