The World - News from June 24, 1986
Two Dublin brothers were sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison for kidnaping millionaire banker’s wife Jennifer Guinness from her home in Howth, Ireland, eight miles north of Dublin, last April. John Cunningham, 35, was sentenced to 17 years for falsely imprisoning the wife of brewing-banking heir John Guinness, and his brother, Michael, 36, was sentenced to 14 years. The kidnapers had demanded a $2.8-million ransom for her safe release, but she was freed by police after eight days, with no ransom paid.
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