One of four men accused of taking part in the kidnapping of a Securicor worker and his family and the robbery of the company of €2.28m has been found not guilty after a 45-day long trial.

A jury have been told the evidence against four men accused of carrying out the tiger kidnapping of a Securicor worker and his family is circumstantial but combines to leave no room for reasonable doubt as to their guilt.

The trial of four men accused of kidnapping a Securicor worker and his family and robbing €2.28m has heard that two of the accused were “lifelong friends” and members of a horse-owning syndicate.

The trial of four men accused of kidnapping a Securicor worker and his family before robbing €2,28m has heard how a cash bundle of nearly €26,000 was seized during a search of one house.

The jury in the trial of four men accused of kidnapping a Securicor worker and his family before robbing €2.28m has been told that two numbers allegedly linked to the crime belonged to two defendants.

The trial of four men accused of being members of a gang has heard how two men brought cash in a plastic shopping bag to pay for a second-hand car.

The jury in the trial of four men accused of abducting a Securicor worker and his family before robbing €2.8m has heard that gardaí identified nine mobile numbers after tracing a call made by the kidnappers from a remote wooded area.

A jury has heard that suspected human faeces was taken from a hostage scene after a kidnap victim pointed out an area to gardaí where he said one of the culprits had “gone to the toilet”.

The victim of a tiger kidnapping told co-workers that his worst nightmare had come true and that his family were being held hostage, a trial has heard.

The victim of a 'tiger' kidnapping told co-workers that his worst nightmare had come true and that his family were being held hostage, a trial has heard today.

A Securicor cash van driver whose family were held by an armed gang during a Tiger kidnapping six years ago told a trial that he could not drive at one point because he was crying so much.

A woman has told the trial of four men accused of carrying out a tiger kidnapping of the night she was taken hostage.

A tiger kidnapping victim has taken the stand in the trial of four Dublin men accused of holding his family hostage in a raid worth €2.28m.

Four Dublin men have gone on trial, accused of being part of an armed gang which carried out a “Tiger kidnapping” on a family eight years ago.

A jury has heard how a gang held a Securior worker’s family hostage in the Dublin Mountains in order to steal over €2m.

Four Dublin men have gone on trial accused of the false imprisonment of a family of four and the robbery of €2.28m in cash eight years ago.

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A man who had his conviction quashed for the tiger kidnapping of a Securicor driver and his family has been granted bail pending his retrial.

New legislation to close a legal loophole that saw several prisoners have their convictions quashed has been published.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the convictions of and ordered a retrial of three men jailed for the 'tiger kidnapping' of the family of a Securicor driver and forcing him to hand over €2.28m in cash.

A forensics expert has told the trial of two men accused of taking part in a €2.28m tiger raid that the pattern of telephone calls between two of the suspects was unusual in the run up to the robbery.

THREE “inhuman monsters” have been sentenced to a total of 62 years in prison for subjecting a family to “unspeakable trauma” during a tiger kidnapping in 2005.

RTE will have to pay a total of €40,000 to four charities in lieu of a fine for potentially prejudicing the longest running trial in the State’s history.

Three men have jailed for 25 and 12 years for carrying out a “tiger kidnapping” four years ago.

The number of businessmen who fear being the next target of a tiger kidnapping has soared in recent months, it emerged today.

Three men convicted of carrying out a €2.28m “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago face up to life in prison when their sentence is finalised next week.

THREE men have been convicted of carrying out a €2.28 million “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago.

Three men have been convicted of carrying out a €2.28m “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago.

The jury in the trial of five men accused of a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery have concluded their first day's deliberations without reaching a verdict.

The jury in the trial of five men charged with falsely imprisoning a Securicor worker, his wife and two sons, and with stealing €2.28m, has retired to consider its verdict.

Deliberations in the trial of five men accused of involvement in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery will not begin until next week because several jurors have tickets for tonight's U2 concert.

Closing speeches have finished in the trial of five men accused of involvement in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery.

The state have finished their evidence in the trial of five men accused of involvement in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery.

The father of the alleged inside man in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery has claimed he was with him on the day in question.

A 2005 "tiger kidnapping" victim today identified an ex-colleague accused of the robbery on Securicor CCTV the morning of the crime.

A young man has revealed similarities between two men caught on shop CCTV and raiders who kidnapped him and his family in a €2.28m Securicor robbery.

A building contractor has described how a black Jeep used to kidnap a family in a €2.28m robbery was stolen from him at a Malahide construction site.

A detective garda has said he took a copy of a private home’s security camera footage as part of an investigation into a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery.

A detective sergeant has revealed that a man on trial for a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery said one of his co-accused rang him on the morning of the crime.

A former Securicor worker on trial for a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" told gardaí he laughed when he saw Mr Paul Richardson try to squeeze his cash-laden vehicle between two other vans the morning of the robbery.

A detective garda has revealed he found a Burberry scarf, several mobile phones and a large amount of cash after raiding the home of an accused man in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" trial.

One of the men on trial in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery case told gardaí he knew one of his co-accused and was buying a car from him at the time.

A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard further technical evidence of traffic between phone numbers in a €2.28m "tiger kindnapping" investigation.

A phone company engineer has revealed the heavy call traffic between mobile phone numbers in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" investigation.