RELATIVES of Kinahan cartel murder victim Caine Kirwan have demanded answers after he was called for jury service.
The Irish Sun can reveal a summons ordering Kirwan, 24, who also had criminal convictions, to attend court on July 7, was posted to an old address two weeks ago.
And the letter outlined how the Dublin man – who was shot dead by a cartel gunman near Walterstown in Co Westmeath on December 5, 2017 – would also be hit with a €500 fine if he failed to turn up in court.
He was also warned he would be fined €500 if he refused to be sworn in as a juror or made a “false representation”.
The summons claimed there would also be a €2,000 fine if he was “disqualified” from jury service.
The letter was sent in the same week that the Garda Commissioner warned those within the Kinahan Organised Crime Group based in Dubai should be “very worried”.
At present, people who are on the electoral register are normally called for jury service by an automated computer.
It’s understood the families of loved ones who have passed away are required to inform local councils to remove them from the electoral register.
But a relative of the murder victim hit out at the decision to post the letter.
They told us: “Caine was murdered almost eight years ago and surely someone responsible for jury selection would know this?
“The family have been in and out of court these last number of years and it’s just hard to believe that this was sent out.
“Surely there has to be a better system in place so families don’t receive these types of letters?
‘UPSETTING’
“When relatives receive letters for their loved ones who have been murdered it can be upsetting.”
Our revelations on the 13th victim of the Kinahan and Hutch feud comes after a review of the killing was undertaken by Gardai.
A new senior investigating officer has been appointed at Ashbourne Garda station.
In recent months, Gardai have also held a number of case conferences on the murder.
At present, the murder is classified as “active and ongoing”.
“Caine was murdered almost eight years ago and surely someone responsible for jury selection would know this?”
Kirwan family relative
The chief suspect in the case is a notorious Dublin criminal who’s in prison on another serious offence.
It’s understood he was helped by a west Dublin gangster who has been linked to the death of another man.
Both men have been involved in serious and organised crime for many years.
Gardai suspect that Kirwan, whose father Noel, 62, was shot dead in December 2016, was lured to his death by the chief suspects.
Although Kirwan wasn’t part of the Hutch gang, investigators suspect he was targeted by the Kinahan gang who feared he would target them.
‘SEEKING REVENGE’
They believe Kirwan was seeking revenge for the murder of his dad the previous year.
One source added: “Kirwan wasn’t part of the feud and was just doing his own thing.
“They were worried about him because he was volatile but he was keeping a low profile at that time.
“They simply wanted him gone because of their paranoia.”
The young dad was murdered just three months after Kinhan cartel foot soldiers Andrew O’Keefe, 36 and Owen Cummins, 46, targeted him on September 6, 2017.
But their mission failed when they were intercepted by investigators from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.
Both men later received eight year sentences for their roles in the kill plot.
WHO IS BEHIND KINAHAN CARTEL?
CHRISTY Kinahan Sr began preying on Dublin’s vulnerable drug users at the height of the city’s heroin epidemic in the 1980s.
His early efforts came to a sudden halt when he was arrested in September 1986, and was slapped with a relatively-lean six-year jail sentence in 1987.
But prison wouldn’t stop him from working to expand his now-€1billion empire.
He was one of the first Irish prisoners to get his own computer — and used it to brush up on the skills that would make him one of the world’s deadliest narco-terrorists.
Now, his son Daniel has stepped into his shoes as the top dog of the cartel, while also attempting to forge a legitimate career in boxing.
Today, his sons and their cronies continue to evade the US’ DEA, An Garda Siochana, Interpol and a number of other police services globally.
The ruthless Kinahan family has dominated gangland crime in Ireland and across Europe for years.
But the shocking attack at Dublin’s Regency Hotel in 2016 and a murderous feud that resulted in 18 killings thrust them into the global spotlight.
And the sheer scale of their criminal empire was laid bare in April 2022 when the US government announced a $5million bounty for information leading to the arrests of the heads of the Kinahan cartel — Christy and his sons Daniel and Christy Jr.
