Jonathan Gill pleads not guilty to kidnapping and robbery charges

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Jonathan Gill pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning three people and robbing €661,125 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 8 March 2017. The charges relate to a family held in Drogheda between 1 and 2 August 2011, including a post office worker, his partner and their 10-week-old baby.

The State alleged that Gill was one of five people involved in detaining the family before moving them to a shed. Prosecutors said the worker was later instructed to obtain cash from the An Post office where he worked, while his partner and baby were held elsewhere. The trial was continuing.