Maze escapee Bik McFarlane faces kidnapping trial
Maze prison escapee went on trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for the 1983 kidnapping of supermarket boss Don Tidey during which a trainee garda and soldier were killed.
Mc Farlane (aged 56),a father of three, of Jamaica St in Belfast pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning Mr Tidey in 1983 and with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life at Derrada Wood, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim in November and December 1983.
