'Trusted adherent' of Kinahans jailed for laundering hundreds of thousands of euro

Jonathan Harding was caught after he was spotted by gardaí leaving an arsenal of firearms and ammunition that could "arm a small country".

Harding (aged 48) was sentenced this morning for laundering a total of over €342k for what Mr Justice Tony Hunt called a "serious criminal organisation" of which Harding was a "trusted adherent" from 2012 to 2016. File picture: iStock

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 gardaí leaving an arsenal of firearms and ammunition that could "arm a small country".