Tiger-kidnapping trial collapses after judge given note claiming some jurors getting 'outside information'

The trial of a man accused of kidnapping a family as part of a €660,000 robbery has collapsed amid concerns some jurors were getting information from outside the trial, writes Conor Gallagher and Declan Brennan.

Jonathan Gill (35) is accused of a kidnapping a Drogheda postal worker, his partner and their 10-week-old baby daughter before robbing €660,000 from the man's workplace.