Italian businessman who plotted his own kidnap in Syria was seized for REAL and held for three years

Italian businessman who plotted his own kidnap in Syria and was promised ‘women, alcohol and drugs’ during fake captivity was actually seized for REAL and held for three years before being freed and then charged with fraud in Italy Businessman Alessandro Sandrini was told a gang would take him to luxury villa He thought the … Read more

Police hunt man who ‘tried to kidnap a teenage girl at a Coventry bus stop in broad daylight’

Police hunt man who ‘tried to kidnap a teenage girl at a Coventry bus stop in broad daylight’ as they release CCTV of alleged attacker A teenager said a man grabbed her wrist and coat and tried to drag her away She managed to escape from the alleged attacker and ran to her home Police … Read more

Met Police officer Wayne Couzens arrives at court to face charges of murder and kidnap

The Metropolitan Police office charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard arrived at court this morning. Wayne Couzens, 48, a firearms officer from Scotland Yard’s elite Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, was taken to Westminster Magistrates’ Court in a security van just before 9am. He was charged last night after being arrested on … Read more

Gunmen kidnap ‘hundreds’ of boys from school in Nigeria, shooting one student dead during raid

Gunmen kidnap ‘hundreds’ of boys from school in Nigeria, shooting one student dead during raid Armed men raided the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger state  ‘Bandits’ wearing military uniforms seized the children and overwhelmed guards It comes two months after 300 boys were kidnapped from another school Nigeria’s north is fighting insurrection led by Islamist … Read more

Video reveals instant police officer KNEW Shannon’s mother was involved in her daughter’s kidnap

The moment Karen Matthew’s mask slipped: Video reveals instant police officer KNEW Shannon’s blubbing mother was involved in her daughter’s kidnap during ‘strange’ interview Shannon Matthews was nine when her mother planned her kidnap in 2008  Detective Inspector Chris Walker said he found Karen Matthews’s interview odd  She was convinced that Shannon was warm and … Read more

Worchester kidnap gang: Boy, 14, is the latest target

A schoolboy, 14, was approached by two men as he walked home from school last week in what could be the latest in a spate of attempted kidnappings, police revealed today. Seven chilling incidents have taken place in the Arboretum area of Worchester since September 10 – with victims describing being told to ‘come’ by … Read more

Pharmacist ‘threatened to kidnap woman if she didn’t go on a date with his son’

Lloyds pharmacist ‘who told 35-year-old female assistant four men in a van would KIDNAP her if she didn’t go on a date with his SEVEN-year-old son’ is deemed fit to practise by inquiry Yaw Akuoko-Frempong allegedly told woman a ‘black van’ would ‘take her away’  He denied the allegations during a practise committee hearing held in … Read more