By Steve Neavling
A convicted Mafia hitman, already serving a life sentence, received an additional 25 years on Friday for the 2018 prison killing of infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, The New York Times reports.
Fotios Geas, 57, was the last of three men sentenced for his role in the 2018 murder of James (Whitey) Bulger.
Bulger was brutally bludgeoned to death in his cell, less than 12 hours after being transferred to a federal prison in Bruceton Mills, W.Va. Prosecutors revealed that Geas delivered the fatal blows while two other inmates stood watch as lookouts.
Bulger, who led Boston’s predominantly Irish gang in the 1970s and ’80s, was also an FBI informant, providing information on his gang’s chief rival, according to the bureau. Bulger, however, vehemently denied ever cooperating with the government.
According to prosecutors, Geas repeatedly bludgeoned Bulger with a lock fastened to a belt. Defense lawyers, however, challenged this account, claiming that Geas struck Bulger with his fist instead.
About a month ago, Paul J. DeCologero, a Massachusetts gangster who was already serving a 25-year sentence, received an additional four years in prison for his role in the attack for serving as a lookout.
Another inmate, Sean McKinnon, was sentenced to time served after prosecutors dismissed a more serious murder conspiracy charge.
