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BUSINESSMAN 'HELD FOR £1.5m RANSOM'
Leicester Mercury ^ | Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 09:30 | Unknown

Posted on 02/17/2009 2:22:24 PM PST by Indian_Fighter_Kite

A wealthy businessman was kidnapped and his family ordered to pay a £1.5 million ransom demand, a court heard. The gang swooped as the victim locked up his factory in Leicestershire. The victim, who is in his 40s, was hit on the head, bundled into an Audi and forced to crouch in the car's footwell with a blanket over his head, the court heard He was taken to Birmingham, where he was tied up and held captive for three days, it was claimed. Three men are on trial accused of conspiracy to commit kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail between December 2007 and February last year.

(Excerpt) Read more at thisisleicestershire.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ransom
"The man's family was contacted and told to pay £1.5 million into a Dubai bank account, if they wanted to see him again."
1 posted on 02/17/2009 2:22:25 PM PST by Indian_Fighter_Kite
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To: Indian_Fighter_Kite
The accused – Atif Mahmood Malik... Dipak Chauhan... Rajinder Bhadri

Shocka!

2 posted on 02/17/2009 2:27:46 PM PST by rogue yam
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“He was taken to Birmingham”

Another shocker. . . .muslime central.


3 posted on 02/17/2009 3:11:12 PM PST by Hulka
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To: rogue yam

Dubai...
largest banking system in the middle east


4 posted on 02/17/2009 6:48:34 PM PST by blueplum
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