Kinahan cartel's Sean McGovern asks for credit for guilty plea and 'onerous' time in Dubai prison

McGovern also admitted directing the activities of a criminal organisation in connection with the surveillance of James Gately

Sean McGovern had pleaded guilty to directing the activities of a criminal organisation between October 20 and December 22, 2016, both dates inclusive both within and outside the State, in relation to the murder of Christopher aka Noel Kirwan. Photo: Garda.ie

Kinahan cartel lieutenant Sean McGovern has asked the Special Criminal Court to give him credit for pleading guilty to directing the criminal organisation in the murder of an innocent grandfather and the attempted murder of a second man.

McGovern's lawyers also asked the court to give increased credit for the time he spent in "onerous" conditions in a Dubai prison before his extradition to Ireland. The maximum sentence for the charge is life imprisonment.