'Fat' Freddie Thompson: from juvenile car thief to feared gangland criminal
‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson
Robin Schiller
Born in 1980 "Fat" Freddie Thompson grew up in the Maryland area of the south-inner city and first came to garda attention aged 16.
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