Man denies kidnapping and robbery

A man has gone on trial charged with kidnapping a post office worker, his partner, and their baby before robbing over €600,000 from the man’s workplace.

It is the State’s case that Jonathan Gill, aged 35, was one of a gang of five who together were involved in holding the family hostage in their home before moving them to a shed about a 90-minute drive away.

The couple were threatened with what they believed to be guns and were tied up with cable ties.