A trusted gang adherent known as ‘Rocket Man’ who laundered hundreds of thousands of euro for the Kinahan cartel has been jailed for five years and three months by the Special Criminal Court this morning, while his partner and co-accused has walked from court with a suspended sentence.
Jonathan Harding, of Kerdiff Avenue, Naas, Co Kildare, was caught after he was spotted by gardai leaving an arsenal of firearms and ammunition that could arm a small country .
Sources told Sunday World that he became a focus of major garda attention after dozens of trips were made out of the country to Spain’s Costa-Del-Crime by cartel gang members.
FLASH: Naas man who laundered hundreds of thousands for Kinahan crime gang jailed
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A trusted gang adherent who laundered hundreds of thousands of euro for the Kinahan criminal organisation has been jailed for five years by the Special Criminal Court this morning, while his partner and co-accused has walked from court with a suspended sentence.
Jonathan Harding, of Kerdiff Avenue, Naas, Co Kildare, was caught after he was spotted by gardai leaving an arsenal of firearms and ammunition that could arm a small country .
Harding (48) was sentenced this morning for laundering a total of over €342,000 for what Mr Justice Tony Hunt called a serious criminal organisation of which Harding was a trusted adherent from 2012 to 2016.