Hackney woman faces sentence for kidnapping and torturing her boss
May 16, 2008
An estate agent from Hackney will be sentenced today for kidnapping and "torturing" her former boss.
Ambreen Gul, 23, was so furious when she was fired that she recruited another sacked colleague and two other thugs to make him pay.
Having lured Waqas Malik to her flat, the unsuspecting businessman was kicked, punched and pistol-whipped repeatedly.
London's Southwark Crown Court hear that during seven hours of suffering, one of his captors stood on his head, while another warned he would never see his family again unless he paid a £200,000 ransom.
He was told failure to raise the money would result in the executions of both himself and his 13-year-old son.
After being ordered to make several phone calls to his wife in a desperate bid to raise the money, the 48-year-old was given a powerful sedative.
Apart from Gul, of Hare Street, Hackney, east London, three co-defendants are due to be dealt with.
They are Mukshud Ali, 18, of Wilmington Gardens, Barking, Essex; Quasim Ahmed, 21, Westrow Drive, Barking, Essex; and Shakib Chowdhury, 20, from Surbiton, Surrey.
All four were variously found guilty or admitted falsely imprisoning the businessman between June 17 and 20 last year, wounding with intent, blackmail, having an imitation firearm with intent, theft and administering a "poison or noxious substance" with intent.
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