‘I thought I was a few hours from dying’

A businessman held captive with his family relives the nightmare to Sean O’Riordan.

A BUSINESSMAN who was held captive with his pregnant wife and four children by armed gunmen has broken his silence about the nightmare he and his family endured.

Gary O’Donovan’s wife, Katie, who was seven months pregnant at the time, had endured a full hour of torturous interrogation at the hands of two masked gunmen before he arrived home.

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