Baby wasn’t fed for 17 hours, kidnap trial told

The jury in the trial of an alleged kidnapping and robbery has heard a distressed 999 call from the victim, whose 10-week-old baby had not been fed for 17 hours.

Jean Marie Nawn could be heard sobbing down the phone as she tried to comfort her crying baby and explain to gardaí how kidnappers had threatened to shoot her and her partner.

Jonathan Gill, aged 35, is accused of kidnapping a postal worker, his partner, and their daughter before robbing over €600,000 from the man’s workplace.