When two men knocked on the door of 45-year-old Tomasz Samel there was little to indicate the terrible hours ahead.
The men at the door of his home in Handsworth, Birmingham, had been captured on CCTV at a service station buying fluorescent, high-vis, tabards to make themselves look like they were on official business. Polish national Mr Samel, who had been living in the UK for several years, appears to have fallen for the ruse and allowed himself to be escorted to a white Peugeot Boxer van.
That morning, on March 27, 2019, was the last Mr Samel would spend out of hospital until his death on June 21. The exact mechanics of what happened next have not been made clear, and how much detectives were able to glean from Mr Samel in his final days has understandably remained confidential.
