The number of kidnappings in Greater Manchester has risen by more than 70 per cent in a year. Latest Home Office figures show there were 579 such crimes recorded in 2021 - a massive 73 per cent increase on the 334 for 2020 and the highest number in the last decade.
In March this year, Manchester Crown Court heard how a gang used the home of a drug addict mum to torture and imprison a man for 12 hours after kidnapping him on the street. The victim was taken from outside his house in Blackley, north Manchester, then bundled into a car before taken to the house.
During a horrifying ordeal he was bound and gagged, had boiling water poured over his genitals and was forced to swallow tablets which he was told contained rat poison. He was warned that he'd be 'gravely injured, if not killed' if he didn't hand over a large amount of cash. He was eventually able to escape from the property having suffered serious injuries, including burns.
