Two Bedfordshire men admit torture in Luton
They were joined by a third man, from Peterborough, in the sustained attack
Two Bedfordshire men and a man from Peterborough who kidnapped and tortured another man after accusing him of damaging a car, have pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and false imprisonment.
Safed Rafiq, 36, Idnan Akbar, 32, and 24-year-old Dawud Safeer were yesterday convicted of carrying out a brutal attack lasting hours.
Luton Crown Court heard that, on 29 November, Rafiq approached the victim on Ash Road in Luton, and marched him back to a house in Ash Road.
Once in the house the victim was forced upstairs, where Akbar, Rafiq and Safeer then repeatedly punched him and subsequently attacked him with a heated machete, baseball bat and hammer.
The attack was only stopped after Bedfordshire Police officers responded to a report that a man had been kidnapped and was being held at the address.
On arrival, two officers found the victim with significant injuries including broken bones and knife wounds. He was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment.
Several knives and machetes were found in the address. Detectives discovered that the trio had targeted the victim after suspecting him of smashing one of Akbar’s car windows.
Rafiq and Safeer were arrested shortly after the incident however Akbar avoided arrest and was found in a flat in Sherd House, Luton, five months later.
Detective Constable Adam Geary, from Bedfordshire Police, says,“This is one of the most disturbing acts of violence I have come across and is truly shocking incident which involved the victim suffering immensely.
“The attack that Akbar, Rafiq and Safeer undertook was brutal to the extreme; they are clearly both incredibly dangerous men who have no place in society and it is good news that they have pleaded guilty to the offences."
All three men will be sentenced at Luton Crown Court in January.