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25.04.2024 - 07:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man has denied being the 'inside man' in a kidnap and torture plot. Shaun Freeman is accused of giving information to a group that snatched a man before taking him to a lock-up and burning and Tasering him, jurors have previously heard.
On Wednesday (April 24), the 29-year-old told trial jurors: "I would never do something like that." Mr Freeman, prosecutors allege, provided information prior to the incident, including the man's car registration.
Also on trial is co-accused Delroy Chin, 47, who is alleged to have put trackers on the victim's car. Jurors have heard the group found the man outside a barbershop in Hale, Trafford.
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Jurors previously heard six men have been convicted of conspiracy to kidnap - Micah Walfall, 39, of no fixed address; Daniel Lowe, 32, of Greenwood Road, Northampton; Ben Ukaegbu, 42, of no fixed address; John Bishop, 35, of Stanley Road, Chingford, London; Nicky Barnes, 31, of Byfield Road, Northampton; and Michael Etuhu, 39, of Abbeycroft Close, Tyldesley, Bury.
The man, jurors have heard, was 'arrested' by three men posing as plain-clothes police officers in April 2019. He was taken to a lock-up where he was tortured, prosecutors have told Manchester Crown Court.
His arms were singed with a blowtorch and his testicles Tasered, jurors have heard, and £500,00 ransom demands were made to his family. Police were called and the kidnappers were intercepted after 12 hours, the court has been told.
Giving evidence, Mr Freeman denied he was involved in the plot. His barrister Nick Cockrell said: "The prosecution case is you were involved in a gang, who were involved in the kidnap of a man."
"Not at all, I would
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