Man who put trackers on car before victim kidnapped and tortured says he thought plan was just to steal from him

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A man who put trackers on a victim's car before he was kidnapped claims he didn't know he would be abducted and tortured - telling a jury he thought the plan was just to steal from him.

Delroy Chin, 47, accepts he was 'part of a criminal conspiracy', but denies he was part of a kidnap plot. He accepts putting trackers on a VW Caddy and an Audi belonging to the man, but claimed they were for the purpose of stealing cash and drugs.

Mr Chin addressed jurors at a Manchester Crown Court trial on Tuesday (April 30). Also on trial is co-accused Shaun Freeman, 29, who is alleged to have divulged information about the man - including his car registration - to a group who went on to snatch the man and take him to a lock-up before burning and Tasering him, jurors have heard. READ MORE: Viral TikTok sensation Miami Crispy bosses ordered to CLOSE new shop 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.

The man, jurors have heard, was 'arrested' by three men posing as plain-clothes police officers in April 2019. He was taken to a lock-up where he was tortured.