Man who took part in tiger kidnapping of family with 10-week-old baby has sentence increased on appeal by prosecutors

A man who participated in the tiger kidnapping of a family with a 10-week-old baby has had his nine-year prison sentence increased to 15 years following an appeal by prosecutors.

Mark McCarthy (aged 32) of Elm Dale Crescent, Ballyfermot, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the false imprisonment of Warren and Jean Marie Nawn as well as their 10-week-old baby in Co Louth and Co Dublin between August 1 and 2, 2011. Some €661,125 was taken from the Post Office in Drogheda, where Mr Nawn worked, none of which has been recovered.