Christy Kinahan
Christy 'the Dapper Don' Kinahan (born 1958) is an Irish drug dealer[1][2][3] with convictions for ecstasy and heroin smuggling.[4]
Biography
His father was a dairy farm manager.[5] Christy Kinahan was born in St Thersa's Gardens in the south inner city.[3]
He was arrested for crimes related to the seizure of heroin in Marino in the 1980s and served a six-year jail sentence.[6] He studied for two degrees whilst in prison.[5] While inside, he refused early release to complete a degree.[5] As well, while in prison he learned to speak both Spanish and Russian. He is suspected of setting up drug routes into Western Europe for Mexican and Colombian cartels, and the Russian mafia.[5]
His home was raided by Spanish police in 2010, 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 allegedly runs the day-to-day aspects of his father's gang.[5] He was probably the main target of the Regency Hotel shooting.[5] His son Christopher Jr is also involved in boxing.[5]
Other associates
John Cunningham served 17 years for kidnapping Jennifer Guinness.[5]
Hutch-Kinahan feud
Gary Hutch was blamed for an attempt on Daniel Kinahan's life, so the Kinahans ordered him shot.[5] He was murdered in Málaga in late 2015. Gary Hutch was the nephew of 'Monk' Hutch, the most successful armed robber in Ireland, and the Monk is said to have taken the murder very personally, refusing any attempt at a 'sit down' made by the Kinahans.
In January 2016, in an event that received international media attention, hitmen working for the Monk dressed up as Gardaí before attacking a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in North Dublin. It is believed they were aiming for Christy Kinahan's son Daniel, who was in attendance at the weigh-in.[5]
On New Year's 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.[7]
Other events
By February 2010 Kinahan was awaiting sentence in Belgium on money laundering charges.[2] 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.[8]
In March 2016 Julio Martinez, the chief prosecutor for the Marbella area, told El País that charges against Kinahan for money laundering were imminent.[9] Christy Kinahan already has convictions for money laundering in Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.[9][6]
He is a suspect in six murders, including the father and uncle of Jamie Kavanagh in 2014 and 2015.[1]
See also
References
- Lally, Conor (17 February 2016). "The six unsolved gun murders linked to the Kinahan cartel". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- Breen, Stephen, "GANGSTERS' PARADISE" News of the World 21 February 2010
- McDonald, Henry (9 February 2016). "Will the Dublin feud threaten Christy Kinahan's criminal empire?". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- Cheston, Paul. "Police accused of incompetence and hiding 'timebomb' evidence", London Evening Standard 7 December 2007
- "Two veteran Irish criminals, one vicious feud, two cold-blooded assassinations. Who's who in the Gang War". Irish Independent. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- Lally, Conor (7 February 2016). "Who is the kingpin behind Irish-led cartel based in Spain?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- Emma McMenamy Failed hit on Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch sees locked-up henchmen of Kinahan gang switch allegiance, Irish Mirror, 10 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016
- Cheston, Paul. "Fallon race-fix trial collapses", London Evening Standard 7 December 2007
- Lally, Conor (7 March 2016). "Kinahan gang may face money-laundering charges". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.