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12/06/2003
Police arrest man in connection with kidnapping
A 44-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a child in Co Antrim last month.
The 11-year-old boy was kidnapped alongside his father at their Greenisland home.
The boy was then separated from his father and left in the boot of a car until a ransom was handed over.
The boy was eventually released when the ransom was delivered to a man on a red and white Scrambler-type motorbike in Newtownabbey several hours later.
(MB)
The 11-year-old boy was kidnapped alongside his father at their Greenisland home.
The boy was then separated from his father and left in the boot of a car until a ransom was handed over.
The boy was eventually released when the ransom was delivered to a man on a red and white Scrambler-type motorbike in Newtownabbey several hours later.
(MB)
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