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Three men have been jailed for kidnapping a man, burning him with cigarettes and beating with him a metal pole.

Mohammed Jamil, Mohammed Saadh and Idris Ahmed committed the attack on the man in a banqueting suite in Smethwick last year.

The victim, in his 40s, was bundled into a Seat Leon in the early hours of 25 November over an alleged debt, said West Midlands Police.

The man was held there for several hours where he was stripped naked and repeatedly assaulted before he was released.

On Friday Jamil, aged 39 of no fixed address, and Saadh, aged 23 of Chipperfield Road, Birmingham, were jailed for five years and three months each at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Ahmed, aged 28 of Wellington Street, Smethwick, was jailed for four years and six months at the same court.

All three pleaded guilty to kidnap.

West Midlands Police said they carried out warrants in Smethwick and Walsall in January, arresting two of the suspects, this led to a third arrest five days later.

Det Sgt Craig Ryder said: “This was an exceptionally brutal attack which left the victim with nasty injuries, from which he has fortunately recovered, although the mental scars will last much longer.

“I hope the conviction of his assailants brings some closure to his ordeal.”

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