Guinness kidnapper to be extradited from Holland today

A 53-year-old man convicted of the kidnap of Jennifer Guinness 18 years ago is due to be extradited from the Netherlands to Ireland today.

John Cunningham was jailed for 10 years for leading the gang that kidnapped Ms Guinness, the wife of a wealthy banker, from her home in the Howth area of Dublin in April 1986.

However, he escaped from Shelton Abbey open prison in Co Wicklow in 1996 while serving the final year of his sentence.

Cunningham's gang had demanded a £2m ransom, but they released Ms Guinness and gave themselves up after a five-hour siege at a house in south Dublin.