Twisted torturers poured boiling water on man's genitals and made him swallow 'rat poison' in horror kidnapping

A man was kidnapped outside his own home and tortured with boiling water poured on his genitals in a horror 12-hour ordeal.

Llewllyn Campbell, 26, and John Robertson, 23, used the home of a drug addict mum to torture and imprison their victim for 12 hours after Campbell kidnapped him on the street in Blackley, north Manchester. The victim was bundled into a car before being brought to Jennifer Baker's house.

During a horrendous 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.

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After being taken to Baker's home in Haverfield Road, Blackley, at 7.30pm, on November 12, 2019, the 30-year-old was punched in the face and dragged around different rooms of the house. The attacks included being struck by a chair, having his head hit against a wall and being kicked.

He was tied to a chair, with his hands bound with cord and his feet tied together with rope. A sock was forced into his mouth and fixed in place with Sellotape.

He was told he was going to be injected with heroin, and that a roll of cling film was going to be forced into his bottom after his trousers had been pulled down.

He was also forced to swallow tablets which he was told contained rat poison. Tests later showed they were actually an antidepressant. Later, he was taken to an upstairs bedroom and 'in panic' he urinated. He was put in a wardrobe but was able to bite through his ties and after 12 hours was able to escape his captors.

Police at the scene (MEN)

Campbell pleaded guilty to kidnap and was found guilty of false imprisonment, with Robertson pleading guilty to assisting an offender. Manchester Crown Court was told Campbell had kidnapped the victim before Robertson 'stumbled across the offence' due to his friendship with Miss Baker.

Her Honour Judge Elizabeth Nicholls told the court: "The background to this is one of organised crime. Mr Campbell has previous convictions and these were created to perpetrate further criminal activity.

She said the victim had "suffered twelve hours of humiliating and violent treatment," and that "it was enough to terrify him and make him think he might be killed."

She said Campbell, of Derville Road in Harpurhey, was at the time of the offence was on bail for an eight year sentence for serious drug offences.

"He had become entangled in criminal activity from an early age," she said, adding that "young men are less mature than their biological age" and more likely to be influenced.

She told Campbell: "You are an intelligent young man with many aspects that can serve you well in the future." She said despite him being significantly less young on his release, she hoped "He would be able to live a law abiding life," and, as he is a father, would be able to spend time with his family.

Campbell was given a sentence of 15 years. He will serve two thirds of this and be released on licence..

Robertson was sentenced to 18 months (GMP)

Sentencing Robertson, she said: "You stumbled across the offence because of your friendship with Miss Baker but you did assist in the operation." She claimed: "What aggravated the situation was that Robertson was subject to a suspended sentence."

She sentenced Robertson, of Waterson Avenue in Moston, to 18 months imprisonment for assisting an offender which, due to time already served, meant he was free to walk from court.

Following the offence Baker, 35, who did not take part in the violence, was locked up for 18 months for assisting an offender. A judge was considering sparing her from prison, but in an unusual move, Baker asked to be sent to jail.

She would 'fail' any drug rehabilitation programmes she would be ordered to complete and instead hopes to get clean in prison, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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