Lee Byrne tells jailed gang boss dad Liam ‘see you soon’ in Father’s Day message

Liam Byrne, a key member of the Kinahan Cartel, is currently in jail in the UK awaiting trial on firearms and conspiracy charges.

The Crumlin man was arrested in Mallorca and extradited to the UK on December 12 2023, after proceedings launched by the UK’s National Crime Agency.

Liam Byrne appeared in court in March of this year alongside Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh where they denied charges linked to an alleged firearms conspiracy.

Byrne denied conspiracy to possess a firearm without a certificate, conspiracy to possess ammunition without a certificate, conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, and conspiracy to possess prohibited ammunition.

He also denies conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited firearms and ammunition, and one count of possessing an offensive weapon.

Today, Lee took to Instagram to share a photo of himself with his dad, writing “Happy Father’s Day dad, see you soon” with a heart emoji.

Lee is in a relationship with Lilly-Ella Gerrard – the daughter of former Liverpool captain Steven – since early 2022. The young Dubliner has become very close to the Gerrard family, and joined his girlfriend for Christmas in Saudi Arabia where the former Kop idol is based.

None have any involvement in criminality.

Lilly-Ella (20) recently posted photos of herself and Lee enjoying a night out on Saturday at Taylor Swift’s Eras tour at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium.

She posed wearing a red cowboy hat, a grey Loewe jumper and denim skirt and also shared a clip of herself dancing with dad Steven.

“Best time with the best people”, she wrote.