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A BBC Panorama team have been threatened by “unnamed criminal elements” after their programme about the links between a suspected Irish crime boss and professional boxing was broadcast on Monday night
News of the threat comes on the fifth anniversary of the Regency Hotel murder which sparked the Hutch/Kinahan feud. The prime target of the shooting that day was Daniel Kinahan who managed to escape the hotel unharmed, while his associate David Byrne (33) was shot dead. In the days that followed that killing, and the retaliation shooting of Eddie Hutch days later, a number of journalists working for Independent News and Media (INM) were formally warned by gardaí of threats to their lives. They were given security advice and moved out of their homes for a number of days due to the serious nat...
A member of the BBC team who produced an investigative documentary on Daniel Kinahan has been warned of an active threat to his life. The journalist has been forced to move out of his home in Northern Ireland and is being provided security by the PSNI. The police force informed him of the active threat to his life this week and his family have been relocated to a secure location for their safety. The expose focused on Daniel Kinahan’s links to organised crime and his involvement in the world of boxing. Jo Carr, the BBC's head of current affairs, said: "The BBC places the utmost priority on ...
BBC documentary team threatened following Kinahan documentary The BBC released a statement this evening. By Garreth MacNamee Friday 5 Feb 2021, 6:23 PM Feb 5th 2021, 6:23 PM 107,084 Views 69 Comments The Regency Hotel in Dublin. Image: RollingNews.ie Image: RollingNews.ie THE BBC PANORAMA team behind Monday’s Boxing and the Mob documentary, which featured Daniel Kinahan’s links to organised crime, has received credible threats follow...
Updated / Friday, 5 Feb 2021 19:50 Daniel Kinahan has been named in the Irish courts as the head of one of Europe's most prominent drug cartels A BBC Panorama team has been threatened following a programme about a suspected crime boss's influence in world boxing. Police in Northern Ireland have warned about an unspecified threat from unnamed criminal elements in relation to the programme, which was broadcast on Monday. It investigated the role played in the sport by Daniel Kinahan, who has been named in the Irish courts as the head of one of Europe's most prominent drug cartels. Jo Carr, t...