McFarlane awarded €15,000 over kidnap prosecution

Maze prison escapee Brendan “Bik” McFarlane was today awarded €15,000 over his prosecution for the kidnap of supermarket boss Don Tidey.

McFarlane, 59, was cleared in Dublin’s Special Criminal Court in 2008 of false imprisonment and firearms possession in relation to the businessman’s 23-day hostage ordeal in 1983.