The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

'Credit issues' in MacGill's kidnap claim

Former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill may have lied about being attacked and kidnapped during a drug transaction a judge was told he helped organise.

AAP · Aug 1, 2022

Adam Smith: Separating the myth from fact - and why his Scots university beat Oxford

AS a toddler, Adam Smith, was apparently kidnapped by gypsies and needed a horseback rescue from Fife’s deep woods by his uncle with a posse of…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2022

Man with AK-47 rifle caught outside Brooklyn home of Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad

NEW YORK — A man with a loaded AK-47 rifle was caught outside the Brooklyn home of a prominent Iranian dissident journalist and author, authorities allege, just a year after the FBI foiled a kidnapping plot against the dissident by the Iranian government.

Tribune News Service · Jul 31, 2022

Man who kidnapped woman and kept her in a coffin admits killing teen in chilling tapes

Disturbed Michael Sams admitted killing teenager July Dart in 1991, in the unearthed tapes that will be aired on TV later this month despite previously denying the crime

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

Pune: Woman says girl child desire drove her to kidnap 4-year-old

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Monday arrested the sister and two nieces of the woman, who had allegedly kidnapped a four-year-old girl from Chikhali on Saturday. The woman’s 12-year-old son has also been detained.

The Times of India · Jul 25, 2022

Marrying minor victim does not sanctify offence of rape: Delhi High Court

The court was hearing the bail petition of a man accused of kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl, who he claimed to have subsequently married in a temple

The Hindu · Jul 23, 2022

Cases of kidnap in Avon and Somerset at highest point for decade

Home Office figures show there were 147 crimes of kidnapping recorded by Avon and Somerset Police in 2021

Bristol Post · Jul 23, 2022

Soaring number of kidnappings with almost 7,000 recorded last year

More people were abducted last year than at any other time in the last decade

Wales Online · Jul 23, 2022

JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s hunger strike his last bid to change legal course in IAF killings, Rubaiya kidnapping cases

A Delhi court in May this year awarded Mr. Malik a life imprisonment in the 2017 terror funding case and for organising street protests in 2016

The Hindu · Jul 22, 2022

ITV Coronation Street fans puzzled by Kelly's appearance as she returns home after kidnap horror

Gary Windass came to Kelly's rescue after she was kidnapped by her dad's former clients

Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022