Philip Dutton was one of 13 men involved in the plot to kidnap Jacqueline Veyrac

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.

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