Maze escaper remanded on kidnapping charges

Maze escaper Brendan ``Bik'' Mc Farlane was remanded until next October by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on charges connected with the 1983 kidnap of supermarket executive Don Tidey.

Mc Farlane, aged 49, of Jamaica Street in Belfast, is charged with falsely imprisoning Mr Tidey in 1983 and with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life at Derrada Wood, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim between November 25 and December 16,1983.