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Podcast: Crime World
Episode: Episode 748: How Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh cooked up weapons plot with cousin of Steven Gerrard
Description: Thomas Bomber Kavanagh cooked up his gun plot while behind bars with a cousin of football legend Steven Gerrard.Known as Uncle Bobby, Gerrard's first cousin is a cocaine trafficker who was behind bars at Dovegate prison as Bomber faced a hefty sentence for drug dealing and money laundering.Gerrard advised him to buy, bury and then hand up weapons to police to reduce any time he would serve - but then the plot went wrong.Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Gerrard, Bomber and the innocent football legend caught...