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Five people sentenced to prison in Lincolnshire kidnap and false imprisonment case
A victim escaped by leaping from a first-floor window after being detained overnight and assaulted across two properties.
The short version
- Five individuals received prison sentences ranging from over three years to nine years at Lincoln Crown Court following a July 2025 kidnapping.
- Police reported the victim was lured to a Market Rasen address over a relationship dispute, assaulted overnight, and later transported to Lincoln.
- The man escaped his captors by leaping from a window into a tree and flagging down a passing police vehicle.
Key facts
- Five individuals were sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on August 28 following the kidnapping and false imprisonment of a man.[BBC News]
- Lincolnshire Police stated the victim was lured to a Market Rasen residence in July 2025 due to a dispute tied to a past relationship breakdown.[BBC News]
- The victim was held overnight, assaulted, threatened, and filmed before being transported to a residence in Lincoln.[BBC News]
- The man escaped by leaping from a first-floor window into a tree, climbing down, and alerting a passing police patrol car.[BBC News]
- Brad'Lee Ranyard and Jackson Nicholson each received nine-year sentences for offenses including kidnap, while Craig Ranyard, Danielle Thompson, and Nathan Gladwell received sentences between three years and seven months and five years and three months for false imprisonment.[BBC News]
Sources
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