Overview

• Jack Kavanagh, 21 at the time of the plot, admitted to conspiring to possess firearms and ammunition to aid his father's legal case.
• The scheme involved acquiring and hiding a stash of weapons and tipping off authorities to reduce Thomas Kavanagh's 21-year drug smuggling sentence.
• Encrypted EncroChat messages, cracked by French authorities, revealed Jack's role as a messenger in the conspiracy.
• Judge Philip Katz sentenced Jack to three years and one month, but his time on remand led to immediate release from Belmarsh prison.
• Other conspirators, including Thomas Kavanagh and associates, received additional prison sentences for their roles in the arms plot.