When a man ended up seriously injured after plunging from a moving van on a busy road with his hands bound together detectives faced a race against time to track down the dangerous criminals behind this terrifying crime.
The dramatic and unusual incident, on the Coast Road in Wallsend, sparked a huge kidnap probe, which led to a dangerous police chase, and five violent offenders eventually being locked up for a total of more than 44 years.
After Mason Schubeler, Ricky Fidler, Reece Speirs, Harri Pearce and Laura Watson were sentenced, the detective who lead the investigation has lifted the lid on the bizarre case.
