Man jailed for 10 years for organising vehicles used in tiger kidnapping

A Meath resident who organised vehicles used in a 2010 tiger kidnapping has been jailed for ten years after being extradited back from Spain.

Man jailed for 10 years for organising vehicles used in tiger kidnapping

A Meath resident who organised vehicles used in a 2010 tiger kidnapping has been jailed for ten years after being extradited back from Spain, writes Aoife Nic Ardghail.

Jeffrey Melvin (36) failed to show up for his trial in June 2012 and was eventually extradited back to Ireland in September 2016 on foot of a European Arrest Warrant.

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