Niall Byrne goes on trial over €2.28m tiger robbery

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Niall Byrne went on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, where he pleaded not guilty to false imprisonment and robbery, in a report on 27 October 2011. The charges relate to the alleged kidnapping of the Richardson family at their home in Raheny, north Dublin, on 13 and 14 March 2005, and the alleged theft of €2,280,000 from Paul Richardson and Securicor.

The prosecution said the trial would hear evidence that Byrne and David Byrne formed part of a larger group involved in a planned operation. The trial was continuing before Judge Patrick McCartan and a jury, with mobile phone records, DNA, CCTV footage and other evidence expected to feature.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.