‘Rat in the camp' may have tipped off shooter who executed gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr

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Insiders said gang bosses are certain someone trusted tipped off the gunman
'INSIDER TIP' 'Rat in the camp' may have tipped off shooter who executed gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr
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A LATE change of plans in the hours before Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were killed has raised suspicions of a 'rat in the camp' who helped orchestrate their murders.
A masked assassin shot dead the Lyons clan chiefs after they watched the Champions League Final in Monaghan's bar, Fuengirola on May 31.
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The pair were gunned down after watching the Champions League Final in Fuengirola on May 31
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The attack happened inside Monaghans Bar in the Costa Del Sol
We previously told how there were fears among the Lyons crew a traitor had leaked inside info to the shooter.
Insiders said gang bosses are certain someone trusted tipped off the gunman just hours before the Mafia-style hit at a pub packed with holidaymakers in Fuengirola, Spain.
Sources revealed the hunt was on to 'find who betrayed them to the guys who killed them.'
And now former detective Gerry Gallagher has given his take on the potential dynamics of the calculated assassination plot.
He says: 'There are several possible scenarios there.
'Logic dictates that if your name is above a bar and there's a long-anticipated sporting event playing on the television, there's a very good chance that it will draw a crowd.
'The other scenario is possibly that one or both males had been placed under surveillance, and the perpetrator was aware of where they would be and that they would be in a vulnerable situation.
'There's another possibility that the person who carried out the murders had received inside information that they would be there and exploited that.'
We told how Spanish police believe the killing was a targeted gangland hit linked to the decades-long conflict between the Daniels and Lyons mobs.
According to Spanish police, the assassin escaped by running across train tracks and through a tunnel to avoid CCTV cameras.
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Investigators are now pursuing multiple lines of enquiry, including whether there was involvement of individuals connected to the Daniels crew.
The alleged hitman accused of killing the pair won't face an extradition hearing until November - five months after his arrest.
Michael Riley, 44, is charged with the murders of the underworld figures at Monaghan's Bar in Fuengirola, Costa del Sol, on May 31.
Authorities in Spain want him sent there to face criminal proceedings.
Riley, of Huyton, Liverpool, was arrested by Merseyside police on June 13 under an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities.
His extradition hearing was due to take place on October 9 at Westminster Magistrates Court, but it will now be heard on November 20.