A security van driver who brought High Court proceedings against his former employers as a result of the post traumatic stress disorder and depression he suffered following a tiger kidnapping has been awarded €25,000 in damages.

A security van driverhas claimed that nothing was done to protect him and his family following the kidnapping of a co-worker's family that occurred in 2005.

A security van driver has claimed before the High Court that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as a result of his crew being asked to hand more than €1m to a work colleague whose wife was the victim of a 'tiger' kidnapping.