Jacqueline Veyrac, 80-year-old owner of Cannes hotel, was found bound and gagged in car in 2016

A former British soldier is on trial with 12 others in France on Monday accused of kidnapping a wealthy hotel heiress.

Jacqueline Veyrac, 80, the owner of the five-star Grand Hotel in Cannes, was snatched from the street near her home in October 2016.

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