Man Jailed Following Kidnap and Blackmail of Teenager

*Friday 15 October 2021*

A Bradford man has been jailed today after pleading guilty to offences of abduction and blackmail.

On 9 May this year, a 14-year-old boy was approached by a male suspect outside Mahmood’s takeaway on Leeds Road, Bradford and bundled into a nearby parked car.

The car was driven away from the scene and contained a number of other suspects.

The suspects made demands to the victim’s mother for a substantial amount of money in order for teenager to be sent home safely.

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