Ring of armed officers surrounds Spanish court for gang hearings - The Irish Times - Sat, May 29, 2010: "John Cunningham appeared before a Spanish judge last night sporting a bruised eye and a cut on his cheek.
Cunningham (58), from Ballyfermot, was led into court in handcuffs showing signs of a recent struggle.
The suspect looked tired and dishevelled with bags under his eyes. He stayed silent when asked how he was bearing up as he was led into court.
In 1986 Cunningham was jailed for 17 years for kidnapping Jennifer Guinness, heiress to the Guinness family fortune, from her home in Howth, Co Dublin.
Last night two Irishmen who had been brought before the court were released minutes after Cunningham entered.
In proceedings that were closed to the public and members of the media a Spanish judge was holding preliminary hearings and interviewing some of those arrested in police raids in recent days.
Heavily armed officers imposed a ring of security around the building in Estepona as judge Maria Carmen Gutierrez Henares questioned some of the 22 suspects arrested in the police raids.
It was not made known last night when exactly Kinahan himself would be questioned by the judge in the proceedings which could go on over the weekend."
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