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Updated / Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 17:22 Jacqueline Veyrac owns the five-star Grand Hotel in Cannes and the seafront restaurant La Reserve in Nice A French court has jailed an Italian man for 18 years who is accused of orchestrating the kidnapping of an ageing hotel heiress in the French city of Nice four years ago. Giuseppe Serena, 67, was among 13 people on trial over the plot against Jacqueline Veyrac, owner of the five-star Grand Hotel in Cannes and the ritzy Mediterranean seafront restaurant La Reserve in Nice. Prosecutors accused Serena of seeking revenge for Ms Veyrac's decision to term...

British man sentenced to 14 years over kidnapping of French hotel heiress Six others were also given sentences of up to 15 years in prison, while five people were acquitted Jacqueline Veyrac, hotel heiress Credit: VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images A French court on Wednesday handed 14- and 18-year prison terms to a Briton and an Italian man accused of kidnapping an ageing hotel heiress in the French city of Nice four years ago. Giuseppe Serena, 67, was among 13 people on trial over the plot against Jacqueline Veyrac, owner of the five-star Grand Hotel in Cannes and the ritzy Mediterranean sea...

Jacqueline Veyrac told the court the kidnap ordeal had made her afraid to go out. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images A former British soldier has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for his part in the kidnapping of a French Riviera hotel heiress. Philip Dutton was one of 13 men involved in the plot in which Jacqueline Veyrac was snatched off the street outside her home and held in a van for 48 hours. Giuseppe Serena, 67, an Italian restaurant manager who masterminded the abduction, was sentenced to 18 years. Veyrac, 80, the owner of ...

Long jail terms sought over French hotel heiress kidnapping Issued on: 2 min Nice (France) (AFP) French prosecutors demanded long prison sentences on Monday for an Italian restaurant manager and a hard-up British ex-soldier who are accused of kidnapping an ageing hotel heiress in the city of Nice. The men have been on trial along with 11 other alleged accomplices since January 4 over the plot against Jacqueline Veyrac, the owner of the five-star Grand Hotel in Cannes and the ritzy seafront La Reserve restaurant in Nice. Chief prosecutor Annie Brunet-Fuster suggested a 30-year sentence for I...