D Friday, November 13, 2009 METRO Nikita Dixon, aged six, from Cabra and Victoria Nolan, aged nine, from Celbridge were eager to try out the ice rink at the launch of 7up Christmas On Ice at the RDS yesterday Picture: Photocall Ireland GET YOUR SKATES ON Victims urge faith in justice system THE Richardson family yesterday urged other victims of tiger kidnappings to have faith in the justice system. Paul Richardson described the four years since the robbery as a nightmare and said he hoped they could now try and put it behind them. He also thanked the garda, the judge and the jury. He told reporters: We have come to the end of a very long road. At last we feel that justice has been done. Addressing other victims he said: Dont give up hope. It might be a long time but hopefully in the end they will get the people that did it. Marie Richardson described the raid as surreal. Also yesterday, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern (pictured) suggested Irelands preference for cash rather than cards was partly to blame for bank robberies. We need to focus on changing peoples habits, encouraging them to use plastic rather than cash, he said. Tiger gang jailed for familys terrorBy CONOR GALLAGHERTHREE men have been jailed for up to 25 years for carrying out a 2.28million tiger kidnapping that terrified a family. In sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Tony Hunt termed the raiders inhuman mon- sters for kidnapping a cash van driv- ers family while he delivered the money to them. Mark Farrelly, 37, of Moatview Court, Priorswood, and Jason Kavan- agh, 34, of Parslickstown Court, La- dyswell, were jailed for 25 years each. Christopher Corcoran, 61, of Bayside Boulevard North, who had acted as a look out, was jailed for 12 years. Judge Hunt paid tribute to the Rich- ardson family for enduring their or- deal. These are examples of the best type of people in our society, in con- trast to the spineless criminals who carried out this crime, he said. The Richardson family were held captive after four masked men forced their way into their house. The men carried an Uzi submachine gun, a re- volver, a knife and a polaroid camera. Mr Richardson later told garda the men seemed to have intimate knowl- edge of Securicor procedures. Polaroid pictures were taken of the raiders pointing their guns at the fam- ily before the men took the Richard- son mother and two teenage sons to a secluded area and bound them with cable, forcing Mr Richardson to carry out their orders the next day. After the longest criminal trial in the States history, Judge Hunt said he based the sentences on the almost military planning of the raid and the violent degradation by the inhuman monsters who forced their way in. He also took into account that once the gang got the money they did not have the simple human thought to call Mr Richardson to tell him his fam- ily were safe, celebrating in a pub in- stead after the raid in March 2005. Meanwhile, RT will have to pay 40,000 to charity for potentially prej- udicing the trial when a retired garda discussed the case on the Marian Finu- cane Show while it was on going. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html28.html29.html30.html31.html