LAST UPDATE | 24 Sep

POLICE HAVE CHARGED a man with the murder of Robert ‘Robbie’ Lawlor in Belfast six years ago.

The man, aged in his 40s, was arrested in Liverpool on Wednesday by Merseyside Police in connection to Lawlor’s murder.

He was then transported to Northern Ireland for questioning by the PSNI.

The man has been charged with murder and possession of a firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property.

He is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Friday, the PSNI said.

Lawlor was shot dead in the Ardoyne area of Belfast on 4 April 2020.

It is believed he was targeted by gunmen who had travelled across the border on the orders of a major Dublin gangland figure. 

He had been linked to the murder of Louth teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, who was dismembered with parts of his body dumped across Dublin in 2020.