How Kinahan kingpin Liam Byrne went from rubbing shoulders with Steven Gerrard to Christmas in jail

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In just over a year, Kinahan cartel associate Liam Byrne has gone from rubbing shoulders with Liverpool football legend Steven Gerrard to spending Christmas on remand in a prison cell.

The 43-year-old Dubliner appeared to be operating below the radar; his name was an obvious omission from the list of cartel hierarchy sanctioned by the US government last year.