A kidnapper who took a man on a "terrifying" drive through Surrey in the boot of his car has been jailed for more than seven years.

Muhammed Malik, previously from Hayes , locked his victim in a car before he setting off on a terrifying journey and stopping repeatedly to hit him and stamp on him, Guildford Crown Court heard on Monday (March 13).

Traumatised Naheem Akhtar was robbed by Malik, 26, of £75 before being told: “This is just the beginning.”

Mr Akhtar's had refused to sell drugs for Malik, it was revealed.

Eventually, Malik drove the injured man back to his home to order him to fetch his bank card to pay for hotel accommodation for his kidnapper and friends.

Mr Akhtar did not comply and instead told his mum what had happened, who then called police .

Malik was arrested while he was waiting in his car outside the victim’s house, prosecuting counsel Alexander Williams told the jury.

Found guilty

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of kidnap, robbery and attempted robbery, and was sentenced to prison for seven years and four months.

Malik, formerly of Larch Crescent in Hayes, now of no fixed address, denied all three allegations at his trial.

He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated offence of witness intimidation in which he threatened to “hurt” the family of a man if he gave evidence about a stabbing incident he had seen.

Passing sentence, Judge Neill Stewart said: “These offences are far too serious for anything other than an immediate prison sentence.”

'He was struggling to breathe'

The kidnapping took place on April 30 last year while Malik was on police bail for the intimidation incident 19 days earlier, the court heard.

Mr Akhtar was thrown into the back of Honda Civic when he left work at the Tesco Express and Esso filling station in West Byfleet, Surrey.

Mr Williams said the victim was locked in the boot of the car after being assaulted.

"He was struggling to breathe,” he said.

Guildford Crown Court

During the journey to a secluded location in Carters Lane, Woking , the car stopped several times and Mr Akhtar was assaulted, stamped on and had liquid poured over him, said Mr Williams.

Finally the vehicle arrived at the victim’s home where he was instructed to get his debit card and other ID documents.

Malik warned him: “If you don’t do what you are told, you know what will happen.”

The prosecuting counsel said, once inside the house, Mr Akhtar revealed his ordeal to his mother who dialled 999 and the defendant was arrested at the scene.

The court was told that Malik had 18 previous convictions for 42 offences, including witness intimidation when he was a teenager.

Wendy Gassman, defending, said: “My client wishes to apologise for these offences.”

She said that Mr Akhtar did not actually suffer any significant injuries during the incident.

Judge Stewart said: “To be forced into a car and taken away when you don’t know what’s going to happen to you must be particularly terrifying.”

Investigating officer Detective Constable Richard Pegden, with Surrey Police, said: “Naheem Akhtar was subjected to a terrifying ordeal which has left him extremely traumatised.

“What Malik did was utterly reprehensible and the sentence given to him in court yesterday reflects the severity of his offending.

"Violent acts of this nature cannot be tolerated within our communities and we remain committed to ensuring that those who think they can behave in this way and get away with it are brought to justice.”

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