lost his final appeal against that extradition<\/a> – which means the way is now clear for him for him to be sent to Ireland for trial.<\/p>\nThe Director of Public Prosecutions has already ruled that Kinahan – head of the \u20ac1.5 billion drugs and crime cartel that bears his family name – is to be charged with serious gangland offences here.<\/p>\n
It is understood he is to face charges of directing a crime gang – an offence that can see anyone convicted of it jailed for life.<\/p>\n
In the excerpts from the interview, published on Mr English\u2019s Instagram account on Friday afternoon, Kinahan says he believes he has already been convicted – even though is trial has not even started yet.<\/p>\n
He tells Mr English: \u201cI think I have already got life in prison, James.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kinahan is set to be extradited from Dubai to Ireland.<\/p>\n
He adds that he believe a deal has been done to get him back from Dubai quicker than normal extraditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there is a deal being done, you know,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
And he adds: \u201cI think we\u2019re going to go through the dance now and the circus and the character assassination even more now of me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kinahan also raises the absence of Garda\u00ed from the Regency Airport Hotel in north Dublin in February 2016 when the Hutch gang attacked a boxing bout he was at in an effort to murder him and colleagues. That attack saw the Hutch mob kill ally David Byrne – and miss Kinahan by seconds.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed have faced repeated criticism for not having officers there – even though some media were present because they knew Kinahan would be attending.<\/p>\n
Kinahan echoes that criticism, as well as slamming the slow reaction of the force to the attack.<\/p>\n
He says: \u201cThere are so many things that happened and there is so much dirty things that I think it is time to start to come out now.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegarding the Regency, it took over 20 minutes for them to respond, there was no police there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey talk about, I\u2019m a big mafia boss and this imaginary cartel that they created and there is no police at the Regency when there is a publicised boxing event on there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s four different reporters there, ready to take pictures.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice didn\u2019t respond, (they are) two minutes away and the police didn\u2019t respond for over 20 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says: \u201cPeople need to connect the dots now and start looking into this because once they unravel what is happening there it is going to unravel and it is going to be a snowball effect for all other corruption that has been going on over the last two, three, four decades.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also spoke about the moment a Hutch gunman pulled a gun on him during the attack – and how he managed to escape.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI seen him actually pulling the gun from the back of his waist and just pulling his hand up and then I just ran through the door.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kinahan also said he believes he has been scapegoated.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI believe I have not been an angel in my life and I don\u2019t think anyone has been an angel. The person who points the finger has three fingers pointing back at themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to play like I am a martyr and people believe he is innocent, he is a conspiracy theorist.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut yeah, I believe in a way I am a scapegoat and anyone that looks into this so-called feud that they say they have created, then you will see, you will see things yourself if someone has the time to look into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before the US sanctions hit him and his father Christy and brother Christopher, Kinahan had been making inroads on his plan to become boxing\u2019s Mr Fixit – and was trying to make himself a supremo in the game by facilitating major deals.<\/p>\n
That plan collapsed after he was targeted by the Americans – and he said he feels he could have made a difference in the sport.<\/p>\n
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Daniel Kinahan speaks to James English in a previous interview in 2022(Image: @jamesenglish0\/Twitter)<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI think I would have done a lot of good for boxing because I was not in boxing to launder money as they say – I never did that whatsoever.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I would have given a lot back to boxing and helped a lot of people, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also said he cannot understand how the media in Ireland can repeatedly write about him and call him a gang boss.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is a question that I would like to know,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
And, when asked who is the most interesting person he has met, he replied: “I would say one of the most interesting people I spoke to, just for a short time, was (director) Guy Ritchie, without a doubt.”<\/p>\n
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