Man on trial charged with kidnapping couple and 10-week-old baby before robbing €600,000

man goes on trial charged with kidnapping post office worker and famiy

A man has gone on trial charged with kidnapping a post office worker, his partner and their young baby before robbing over €600,000 from the man's workplace.

It is the State's case that Jonathan Gill (35) was one of a gang of five who together were involved in holding the family hostage in their own home before moving them to a shed about a 90 minute drive away. The couple were threatened with what they believed to be guns and were tied up with cable ties.