Three men have been jailed after kidnapping a pregnant woman and threatening to cut off her fingers.
Audi Johnson, Ahmad Ghiasi, and Nicholas Mitchell bundled their victim, who was six months pregnant, into a van outside her home on May 10 of last year.
Her hands were bound with cable ties and questioned her about her partner, with one threatening to ‘kick the baby out your stomach’ if she lied to them.
They made a series of phone calls to her partner, threatening to cut off her fingers if he didn’t carry out their demands for money and jewellery.
The victim was able to escape the van and fled to her mum’s house in a taxi, and police tracked down the van that same night.
The three kidnappers were identified using DNA evidence, fingerprints and mobile phone data.
- Audi Johnson, 35, of Cranberry Close, Northolt pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and was sentenced to five years and four months
- Ahmad Ghiasi, 26, of Fourth Avenue, Luton was sentenced to seven years for conspiracy to kidnap
- Nicholas Mitchell, 55, of Mannock Close, Barnet was sentenced to nine years for conspiracy to kidnap
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