A man who demanded £20,000 in exchange for a kidnapped teenage boy has been jailed for nine years.
Ibrahim Majid played a "intimate" part in blackmailing the boy's brother after the 16-year-old was "snatched" from the streets of Leeds in April 2009.
Mobile phone analysis proved Majid had spoken to the boy's brother a number of times before he was released and had demanded he come up with the money. Messages sent to an unregistered phone under Majid's alias "Big" or "Biggie" proved integral to proving his involvement in the blackmail conspiracy. Majid had worked with three other men, and the court heard the money would be used to pay off drug debts.
