A Liverpool gangster has been stabbed to death during a knife and gun battle in Holland nine years after he allegedly carried out a horrific double murder.
Paul Parker was killed last week after being attacked inside a garage in the Dutch city of Heerhugowaard.
Police said the 52-year-old Liverpudlian is believed to have broken into the business, leading to a fight involving guns and knives.
Armed police and a helicopter were sent to the scene of the incident on June 1 and two men, aged 44 and 65, were arrested afterwards in hospital.
Local news outlets reported that Parker had been wanted over the murder of Dutchman Pieter Hoovers, 54, and his 32-year-old Thai wife Tae Kawepanya.
The couple died during a gun attack inside an apartment in the De Pijp neighborhood of Amsterdam on July 17, 2017.
Paul Parker – in sunglasses – with Pieter Hoovers. Dutch news outlets reported that Parker was a suspect in the murder of Mr Hoovers and his Thai wife, Tae Kawepanya
Last year, police in Amsterdam released CCTV footage of a ‘British criminal’ suspected of involvement in the crime and offered a €20,000 (£17,300) reward for information.
They have since identified the suspect as Parker, according to reports in Dutch media.
The Daily Mail has seen a photograph from several years ago which shows Parker on a boat with Mr Hoovers, suggesting they were once friends.
Mr Hoovers, who had a background in martial arts, founded record label Outland Records before selling the business and relocating to Thailand in the mid-1990s.
He was visiting Holland in 2017 with his partner when they were murdered.
One man, who claims to have been a friend of Mr Hoovers, posted a message incriminating Parker in the double murder.
He posted: ‘Rot in hell scumbag. On Monday the guy who brutally killed my friends Pieter and Tae Hoovers in July 2017 and has been on the run for justice for years got what he deserved. He was shot at close range.’
The Mail understands Paul Parker left the UK around 25 years ago.
Mr Hoovers, who has a background in martial arts, founded record label Outland Records before selling the business and relocating to Thailand in the mid-1990s
The police investigation focused on an unknown man who appeared on camera footage three times around the time of their murders in 2017
Parker and his brother David were both jailed in 1993 for their part in the killing of a teenager during a botched drug deal.
Phillip Green, 17, from Warrington, was stabbed in the heart after he went to Walton Hall Park in Liverpool with a £1,000 to buy drugs.
Police later arrived at Phillip’s home in Warrington and took his parents to Walton hospital where doctors were unable to save him.
Paul and David Parker were recorded by police discussing their roles in the incident.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how Phillip was stabbed in the heart by a third man who was not identified.
Paul and David Parker were both jailed for five years.
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo in 2014 Phillip’s mother Pat said: ‘The memories have never faded.
‘I remember every detail of that day as if it was yesterday, it’s like a film being played. But I wouldn’t ever want to forget it. It was the last day I saw Phillip alive.’
