Brother cleared of hostage-taking

A jury took four hours to deliver a not guilty verdict in the case against a man accused of falsely imprisoning his mother’s friend during a violent siege.

The defence put forward by Gavin Ring, aged 27, was to the effect that he was actually a hostage himself and not involved in falsely imprisoning anyone.

Gavin Ring denied a charge of false imprisonment of his mother’s friend, John Joe Nevin.