Kidnapping lands two mothers in jail

Two mothers of young children have been remanded in custody for sentence for kidnapping of a businessmen arising out of "a genuine but misguided belief" that he was "a conman".

Celia Jones (aged 19), Foxdene Gardens and Denise Collins (aged 21), Neilstown Gardens, both Clondalkin, and their partners, Jason Ward (aged 34), of Clanmolier Court, Portarlington and Matthew Kearns (aged 20) of Palmerstown Woods, Clondalkin all pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning the victim on March 9, 2004.