Kidnap victim Jennifer Guinness leaves €9m

Guinness, who was subjected to an eight-day hostage ordeal in April 1986 by kidnappers seeking to extort a ransom from her husband

Jennifer Guinness, and husbnad John Guinnes

Jennifer Guinness, the wife of former Guinness Mahon Bank chairman John Guinness, has left €9 million in her will, new probate documents show.

Guinness, who was subjected to an eight-day hostage ordeal in April 1986 by kidnappers seeking to extort a ransom from her husband, died of cancer last year.

At the time of the kidnapping, an armed gang broke into the couple’s home in Howth, assaulting John Guinness and abducting Jennifer. He ...