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 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.

An attempted murder convict who intimidated a woman who was to give evidence at his trial telling her if she takes the witness stand “she will be put in another box” has been given a six year sentence.

A young mother who drove her ex-boyfriend - armed with her son’s toy gun - to rob two shops so that he could repay his so-called "drug debts" has had her sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.