Tiger kidnap gang member withdraws appeal against sentence

Court reminds 'inside man' in €2m cash-in-transit robbery that jail time could rise as well as decrease on appeal

Niall Byrne: Had pleaded not guilty to the robbery in 2005.

The "inside man" in a €2m cash-in-transit robbery that involved the tiger kidnapping of a Dublin family has withdrawn his appeal against sentence, after a court reminded him it could increase as well as decrease his jail time.

The case was the subject of five trials and two other appeals over an 11-year period, with the Court of Appeal upholding the gang’s convictions earlier this year.