Van driver claims post-traumatic stress following 'tiger' kidnapping

A security van driver has claimed before the High Court that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as a result of his crew being asked to hand more than €1m to a work colleague whose wife was the victim of a 'tiger' kidnapping.

Mr James Eakins (aged 62) with an address at Greenhills, Dublin 12 has sued Securicor Security Services Limited for damages as a result of the alleged psychiatric injuries he suffered following the robbery of a security van at a service station in Carlow on January 17, 2007.