Men jailed for false imprisonment after kidnap

A group of men who kidnapped a man from his home in the middle of the night and forced him into a car have been jailed.

Muhammed Kah, Zafar Dormant and Nathan Vilarinho were arrested after a man was seen being dragged into a vehicle in Sneinton Boulevard, in Sneinton, in the early hours of 26 May, Nottinghamshire Police said.

All three men, from London, pleaded guilty to kidnap and false imprisonment and were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday.

Dormant, 25, of Bishopsgate, was jailed for 40 months, Kah, 25, of Adelina Grove, Tower Hamlets, was jailed for 32 months and Vilarinho, 23, of Warton Road, Stratford, was sentenced to three years in jail.

Officers were called when a resident saw the kidnap taking place.

Police said an investigation found the victim was "forcibly removed" from a property after a group of men turned up at the address.

The reason for the kidnap remains unclear, police said.

Officers found the car used by the group in Sherwood Rise after a member of the public provided part of the number plate.

Kah was seen entering an address nearby, and when officers attended, the victim was found on a bed.

Det Con Kirsty Allison said: "For reasons that remain unclear, these three men forced a man out of his home in the middle of the night and bundled him in the back of a car.

"It must have been a frightening ordeal even though, thankfully, he was not seriously harmed."

She added: "We're also grateful for the calls from members of the public, which were of great assistance in bringing these three men to justice."

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