Son of Irish crime boss admits gun plot to help father

The son of a UK boss of the Kinahan organised crime group has admitted helping his father in a plot to amass an arms cache to dupe authorities.

Jack Kavanagh, 24, whose father is Thomas “Bomber” Kavanagh, was extradited to the UK last month.

He had been arrested in May 2023 at Malaga Airport by officers from the Spanish National Police, as he was transiting from Dubai to Turkey.

On Friday, Kavanagh, from Tamworth, appeared at the Old Bailey and pleaded guilty by video-link from Belmarsh prison to two charges of conspiracy to possess a firearm and two offences of plotting to possess ammunition.

Judge Philip Katz remanded the defendant into custody to be sentenced on December 4th.

Last month, Irish national Thomas Kavanagh, 57, was jailed for six years for orchestrating the plot.

He had hoped that by leading the National Crime Agency (NCA) to a buried stash of 11 “fearsome” weapons, he could influence his sentencing in a multimillion-pound drug smuggling case.

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