Alleged raiders made dozens of calls, court hears

THE trial of two men accused of taking part in a €2.28 million tiger kidnapping robbery has heard evidence of dozens of phonecalls allegedly made by the raiders during the incident.

David Byrne, aged 39, of Old Brazeel Way, Knocksedan, Swords, Co Dublin, and Niall Byrne, aged 29, of Crumlin Road Flats, Crumlin Rd, Dublin, have both pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning the Richardson family at Ashcroft, Raheny, on March 13 and 14, 2005. They also pleaded not guilty to robbing Paul Richardson and Securicor of €2,28m.

Detective Inspector Martin Mooney told Dominic McGinn, prosecuting, that he compiled the records using call trace data from the mobile service providers.