A thug attacked his mum then abducted his cousin in a rampage which spanned three towns in one day. Jordan Jackson phoned Police Scotland to say he had a hostage and threatened to "set off nuclear weapons " after claiming he was linked to the Kremlin.
His cousin, Josh Jackson, was only able to escape by squeezing through the toilet window and climbing down the drainpipe. Jordan, 27, lost control when his girlfriend left his mum Elizabeth's home in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
He lashed out at his mum then made the four-and-a-half mile trip to his cousin's home in Johnstone. He imprisoned Josh in the property and left him scarred for life after battering him with a metal pole, raining punches on him and trying to stab him with a knife.
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