Spanish authorities want Christy Kinahan to be given a jail sentence of up to four years if he is found guilty of charges arising out of Operation Shovel.
A prosecutor has recommended the “Dapper Don” be caged if convicted of trying to use one false British passport and another using the identity of an Irishman who died in 2002. The Irish Mirror can also reveal authorities are seeking a sentence for senior Kinahan lieutenant Ross Browning of two years, nine months and one day for alleged illegal arms possession. He is a close pal of mob boss Daniel Kinahan.
Kinahan Snr and Browning are two of five men who have had sentences proposed against them. It comes 12 years after Operation Shovel. Officers in Spain spent two years following and listening to the gang –whose headquarters were based in the Costa del Sol – before Europe-wide raids were carried out in May 2010.
