US EditionMen jailed after kidnapping pregnant mum and threatening to cut her fingers off
The kidnappers used threats and physical restraint to extort money and jewellery from the victim and her partner, resulting in prison sentences up to nine years.
- On May 10, 2024, Audi Johnson, Ahmad Ghiasi and Nicholas Mitchell bundled a six-months pregnant woman into a van outside her Enfield home in London.
- Threatening calls to her partner aimed to force a ransom of cash and jewellery, with kidnappers threatening to `kick the baby out your stomach` if she lied.
- Police used DNA, fingerprints and mobile phone data to identify the suspects after the victim escaped and fled to her mother’s house in a taxi the same night.
- The trio received a combined 21-year prison sentence, with Johnson jailed for five years and four months, Ghiasi for seven years, and Mitchell for nine years.
- Following the sentencing, police emphasized the need to combat criminal gangs, with Detective Inspector Ari Yoganathan stating the verdict should serve as a warning to such groups.
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The 36-year-old victim was bundled into the back of a white Ford Transit van before being blindfolded and bound at the wrist with cable ties by the gang as they sped away.
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