Summary
A gunpoint kidnapping was an elaborate hoax to fool a gang of creditors in a multi-million pound cigarette smuggling scam, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Labourer Tony Pattison, 46, claimed he was snatched at gunpoint on March 8 last year then spent the evening bound and taped, first tied to a chair then on the floor of a cold room in a sleeping bag.See the full content of this document
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Kidnap Hell Was 'Hoax'
But he really spent the night drinking and taking cocaine, claims Franz Muller QC, who defends one of six...
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