Plot to get shorter sentence for crime boss lands his son and his mates in jail

The son of a Kinahan crime boss will walk free today after a court heard he only became involved in a gun plot because he was in the ‘thrall’ of his drug dealing father. Jack Kavanagh, 24, is the son of Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, 57, who is serving a total of 30 years for serious drug trafficking and firearms charges. Together with Thomas, his brother-in law Liam Byrne, 43, and Shaun Kent, 39, Kavanagh tried to get a shorter sentence…