Son of notorious crime boss to walk free from jail after his dad got him involved in elaborate plot
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe son of the head of a "notorious" organised crime gang will avoid prison after admitting to his part in a plot to hide armed weapons to get his father out of jail early.
Jack Kavanagh, tried to help his father, Thomas “Bomber” Kavanagh, 57, engineer a lighter sentence for drug smuggling. The plan was for Thomas Kavanagh to lead police to a stash of weapons that had been hidden by Jack Kavanagh and other members of the Kinahan crew.
The plot involved the acquisition and then concealment of handguns, machine guns and ammunition before Thomas Kavanagh would alert the National Crime Agency (NCA) to its location with X marking the spot on a map.
The scheme was foiled after the NCA uncovered incriminating messages on encrypted EncroChat which had been cracked by French counterparts.
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