A mum has shared pictures of the horrific injures her son suffered at the hands of a county lines drugs gang after he was tortured for wanting to leave.
Ben McCloughlin had boiling hot water poured over his hands which police compared to a scene out of a Hollywood movie. The 20-year-old got involved in the gang for just two weeks before he was kidnapped for crossing them because we wanted to leave.
His mum Louise is sharing pictures of her son's injuries for the first time after he was scared for life, to highlight the horrors of county lines drug dealing.
She said: "Every time I close my eyes I see his hands and picture what they did to him. "I should be happy he's alive but when I see those photos I want to break down. "The pain he
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