Kinahan hitman Imre ‘The Butcher’ Arakas admits killing MMA fighter for €50k & plans to testify against others in murder, the Butcher is Starting to Talk?During his court appearance, Arakas claimed that he had “agreed to kill people for money due to his difficult financial situation”.

KINAHAN cartel hitman Imre ‘The Butcher’ Arakas has admitted to the killing of a Lithuanian cage fighter, it has emerged.

And the Estonian contract killer – jailed in Ireland over a failed plot to kill James ‘Mago’ Gately in 2017 – has agreed to testify against others in the murder of Remigijaus Morkevicius, 34, in Kaunas, Lithuania, on December 21, 2016.

Arakas pleaded guilty

to the killing after appearing at Kaunas District Court

• Published: 16:37, 13 Sep 2024
• Updated:Arakas – who previously told the Irish Sun that the authorities wanted to pin the sport’s star murder on the Kinahan cartel – pleaded guilty to the killing after appearing at Kaunas District Court today.
• And he has also been charged with attempting to kill a key witness in another murder, Gija Zabachidze.
• According to the court, Arakas tried to kill the cage fighter with a pistol but the gun jammed.
• But he was accused of returning to Spain to collect an AK47 assault rifle. 17:47, 13 Sep 2024