Fingerprint expert testifies at 'tiger kidnapping' case

A garda fingerprint expert has said he couldn’t identify some marks found at the house where armed raiders took a family hostage in the €2.28 million "tiger kidnapping" four years ago.

Fingerprint expert testifies at 'tiger kidnapping' case
Thu, 07 May, 2009 - 20:44

A garda fingerprint expert has said he could not identify some marks found at the house where armed raiders took a family hostage in the €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" four years ago.

Detective Garda John Grant of the Garda Technical Bureau revealed that 58 of the 87 finger marks found at the Ashcroft home in Raheny belonged to the Richardson family and 19 marks were unidentified.

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