Christy Kinahan
Christy 'the Dapper Don' Kinahan (born c1956) is an Irish drug dealer[1][2] [3] with convictions for ecstasy and heroin smuggling.[4]
Early years
His father was a dairy firm manager and he grew up in Phibsborough.[5] He was jailed for crimes related to heroin in the 1980s and studied for two degrees in prison.[5]
He was raided by Spanish police in 2010 and spent time in jail there, though no charges were brought.[5] His ex-wife lived in Dublin and died in 2015.[5]
His son Daniel is a boxing promoter, lives in a villa in Guadalmina and may run the day-to-day aspects of his fathers' gang.[5] He was probably the main target of the Regency Hotel shooting.[5]
His son Christopher Kinahan Jnr. is also involved in boxing.[5] The father and sons were arrested in Spain in 2010 but no charges were brought.[5]
Other Associates
John Cunningham served 17 years for kidnapping Jennifer Guinness.[5]
Gary Hutch shooting
Gary Hutch was suspected of being a police informant, so the Kinahans ordered him shot.[5]
Other events
He is believed, by UK detectives, to have laundered drug dealing profits by funding 27 fixed horse races between December 2002 and August 2004. As a result of the alleged conspiracy, jockeys Kieren Fallon, Darren Williams and Fergal Lynch, faced criminal horse race-fixing charges at the Old Bailey.[6]
In March 2016 Julio Martinez, the chief prosecutor for the Marbella area, told El País that charges against Kinahan for money laundering were imminent.[7] Christy Kinehan already has convictions for money laundering in Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.[7][8]
He is a suspect in six murders, including the father and uncle of Jamie Kavanagh.[1]
By February 2010 Kinahan was awaiting sentence in Belgium on money laundering charges.[2] Earlier that year, he was believed to have ordered the death of heroin dealer, Raymond Salinger, who was shot dead in a Dublin pub.[9]
Kinahan gang
On New Years Eve 2015, gunmen associated with Kinahan are believed to have targeted Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch at a pub in Lanzarote. Hutch had, however, already left the bar.[10]
References
- 1 2 Lally, Conor (17 Feb 2016). "The six unsolved gun murders linked to the Kinahan cartel". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.
- 1 2 Breen, Stephen, GANGSTERS' PARADISE News of the World 21 February 2010
- ↑ BLOW TO CROOKS The Sun, 19 September 2009
- ↑ Cheston, Paul. Police accused of incompetence and hiding 'timebomb' evidence, Evening Standard 7 December 2007
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Two veteran Irish criminals, one vicious feud, two cold-blooded assassinations. Who's who in the Gang War". Irish Indepenedent. 14 Feb 2016. Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.
- ↑ Cheston, Paul. Fallon race-fix trial collapses, Evening Standard 7 December 2007
- 1 2 Lally, Conor (7 Mar 2016). "Kinahan gang may face money-laundering charges". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.
- ↑ Lally, Conor (7 Feb 2016). "Who is the kingpin behind Irish-led cartel based in Spain?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.
- ↑ Williams, Paul. Crime bros pay a price Too News of the World 11 Apr 2010
- ↑ Emma McMenamy Failed hit on Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch sees locked-up henchmen of Kinahan gang switch allegiance, Irish Mirror, 10 January 2016, accessed 12 February 2016