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image captionJacqueline Veyrac, whose lawyer Luc Febbraro is pictured above, was kidnapped in 2016
A millionaire French hotel owner is set to testify in court as part of the trial of 13 people accused of involvement in her kidnapping.
Jacqueline Veyrac, the 80-year-old owner of the five-star Grand Hotel in Cannes, was bundled into a van outside her home in Nice in October 2016.
She was found bound and gagged in the vehicle by a passer-by two days later.
The suspects include an Italian restauranteur, a British former soldier and a private detective.
The accused were in the courtroom for the opening of the trial in Nice on Monday. Ms Veyrac will testify on Thursday, and the proceedings are expected to continue until 29 January.