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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Wareham

‘Dangerous’ gang kidnapped and tortured men in return for cash and jewellery

The “dangerous” ringleader of an organised crime gang that kidnapped and tortured its victims with knives and boiling water in exchange for cash and expensive jewellery has been jailed for 25 years.

One of 27-year-old Fortune Lawson’s “terrified” victims, Mohamed Saroya, was kidnapped outside his home in London in November 2018 after he was seen wearing a Rolex watch in a Snapchat photograph and was lured into meeting Lawson on the pretence of discussing cannabis.

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