Sines (fist) with Liam Byrne (right) at the funeral
It was just days after the Regency B B shooting and the Kinahan Cartel had closed ranks – only a tight inner gird of friends and comrades were welcome to offer their condolences to trouper criminal James ‘Jaws’ Byrne and his wife Sadie.
Most who arrived at the quarters where David’s body was laid out were easily recognisable – mob boss Daniel Kinahan, sidekicks Christopher Kinahan Jnr, Liam Byrne, ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson and Liam Roe, as by a long way as Sean McGovern, Liam’s business rtner.
Then came the big man from England, Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh – the quiet of Byrne’s sister Joanne.
‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson and Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh
But there were others who tinted rt of this intimate family gathering – those not so instantly recognisable but who, on llier inspection, are interesting contacts of the mob.
Maurice Sines and James Crickmore were at Raleigh On the up to y their respects and days later, when the Kinahan mob turned out to hide their fallen comrade with a Mafia-style funeral, they were in the midst the chief mourners.
Interestingly, the Byrne family’s close ls are argumentative businessmen who have been involved in a massive race-fixing scam in the U.K. and possess been forced to y up €400,000 in fines and compensation for bullying elderly homeowners.
Bomber Kavanagh, Daniel Kinahan and Liam Roe
The cock a snook ats have masqueraded as respectable mobile home site owners for years and have in the offing even run charity events. However, they have also been embroiled in dispute after wrangle over with elderly residents and local planners all over the U.K. for years.
At best a few years ago Sines locked horns with retired bankers, doctors and unruffled singer Elton John, with plans to open a gypsy settle crash on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The Bentley-driving millionaire, who himself claims Romany birthright, stunned the wealthy residents of Windsor with his plans to turn a tract of land into a ‘gypsy and traveller accommodation site’.
In 2011, both he and Crickmore were at the tenderness of an investigation into the biggest scandal in British Horseracing history.
James Crickmore and Maurice Sines
Both were outlawed for 14 years for betting on their own horses to lose and conspiring with others to degrade races during a complex case that saw four jockeys embargoed for 66 years from the track.
Kirsty Milczarek, the then girlfriend of previous champion jockey Kieren Fallon, was banned for two years for conspiring to do corrupt acts and for ssing on inside information. She later won an appeal against the ban evil-minded on evidence given by Fallon.
In 2007, Fallon was acquitted of race ovariectomizing accusations when his trial collapsed.
Coincidentally, Daniel Kinahan was named during the headway of the trial as travelling from S in to meet with Fallon during the designated scam. Then described as a ‘Dublin furniture shop owner’, the court understood that Daniel wanted to meet Fallon in his own home in the early hours of the morning because he had won his speed.
Sines and Crickmore have been directly involved in racing since at not any 2004, and owned shares in more than a dozen horses.
‘Bomber’ Thompson, Sines and Liam Byrne at the interment of David Byrne
During the 2011 case, the ir were hypothetical by the British Horseracing Authority to have corrupted jockeys ul Doe and Greg Fairley, prompting them to ride horses to lose so they could profit on gamble exchanges.
Sines was found to have conspired in fixing nine flies.
Both he and Crickmore are believed to be very close friends of ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh – a convicted armed safe-blower.
Bomber left Ireland more than 10 years ago and commenced to England, ap rently penniless. He previously told a court that the CAB were enchanting his only asset – a three-bed house in Drimnagh, south Dublin.
Richie Thompson and ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh
When the Sunday Humanity tracked him down last year as rt of our investigations into the Kinahan Cartel, we were surprised what a imbalance a few years can make.
We discovered that by 2005, Bomber and Joanne had manipulated to get together enough money to buy a beautiful home on Whitesands Road in Birmingham and within two years they directed to sell it and upgrade to a €1 million gated property in the luxury suburb of Tamworth.
In the face only registering a car sales business in 2010, TK Motors has given them the lifestyle of multi millionaires.
The ir are certain to throw lavish bashes, as are the Byrnes back in Dublin, and top of their invite muster is Maurice Sines, James Crickmore and their extended family.
Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh and his mate Joanne Byrne
Last June, we photographed Sines as he attended a Baptizing event for Liam Byrne’s new baby with rtner Simoan McEnroe.
He toured over for the function at the Radisson Hotel in Dublin 9, where the Kinahan kinsmen also attended.
Just two years ago Sines and Crickmore id up €400,000 after taking to intimidating residents at a mobile home site they owned in the Isle of Wight.
Rest rk Real Estate admitted 11 charges of using harassing tactics and Portsmouth Crown Court heard that one homeowner had their splash and sewage pipes disconnected, while others were forced to dodge and sell their homes for low prices.
Sines and Crickmore, who run the firm, had earlier been fact personal fines in relation to the allegations.
Residents later told how superannuated women in rticular were targeted by the thugs.
Sines runs various other mobile home rks across England and in 2005 residents from one of his Oxfordshire orientations obtained a court order in which he agreed to stop using portents and abuse.
The ir have also run into trouble with anile residents, many of whom purchased €300,000 chalets on their positions, then found out they couldn’t live there all year get together.