Man denies being 'insider' after friend is kidnapped and tortured by gang posing as police officers
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 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. READ MORE: 'My son was out cold, covered in blood...
someone thought he was dead' 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.
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