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23/06/2008
Scorned Estate Agent Who 'Tortured' Boss Jailed For 10 Years
A female estate agent has been sentenced to 10 years for the kidnap and subsequent "torture" of her boss.
Ambreen Gul, of Hackney, was so angered when she was fired from an Ilford estate agents that she plotted with another sacked colleague, reported to be Mukshud Ali, and two others to punish her boss between June 17-20 last year.
Gul, 23, Mukshud Ali, 18, of Barking, Quasim Ahmed, 21, of Barking, and Shakib Chowdhury, 20, from Surbiton have been found guilty of various charges including false imprisonment, wounding with intent, theft and administering a "poison or noxious substance" with intent.
Ali will be detained in a young offenders' institution for seven years, nine months.
Chowdhury has been sent to a young offenders' institution for eight-and-a-half years and Ahmed has been jailed for eight years.
A fifth defendant, Al-Imran Uddin, 20, of William Ash Close, Dagenham, was acquitted of any wrongdoing on the judge's directions.
It is understood Ms Gul lured Waqas Malik, 43, to her flat where he was subjected to torture and ordered to raise a £200,000 ransom or be executed with his 13-year-old son.
It is understood Gul had told Mr Malik that she was interested in selling her flat to him.
London's Southwark Crown Court heard that during Mr Malik's ordeal, one of his captors stood on his head and was kicked, punched and pistol whipped repeatedly.
He was ordered to call his wife in a desperate bid to raise funds and then was given a powerful sedative.
However, it is understood the plot fell through when Mr Malik became ill.
It is reported that Gul then tried to cover up her crime by sending her bleeding victim back to his home.
Desperate to cover up her crimes, she ordered her bound, blindfolded and bleeding victim to be put in an office chair, wheeled from the gang's "stronghold" and bundled to a waiting car.
He was then driven "almost unconscious" to his home.
Once there Gul told his wife he was very drunk and had sexually assaulted her.
The by now "comatose" businessman was taken to hospital, where doctors found his face and head covered in bruises and cuts, and "ligature marks" on his wrists from the tape used to bind him earlier.
Judge Deborah Taylor told all four that they should expect "lengthy custodial sentences in respect of these offences".
"These are serious and ugly crimes and it is chilling to find those as young as you involved in them," she said.
Leading the prosecution, Matthew Farmer said that "they were motivated by greed" because they believed he was "obviously a rich business man and he could provide the money".
(DS)
Ambreen Gul, of Hackney, was so angered when she was fired from an Ilford estate agents that she plotted with another sacked colleague, reported to be Mukshud Ali, and two others to punish her boss between June 17-20 last year.
Gul, 23, Mukshud Ali, 18, of Barking, Quasim Ahmed, 21, of Barking, and Shakib Chowdhury, 20, from Surbiton have been found guilty of various charges including false imprisonment, wounding with intent, theft and administering a "poison or noxious substance" with intent.
Ali will be detained in a young offenders' institution for seven years, nine months.
Chowdhury has been sent to a young offenders' institution for eight-and-a-half years and Ahmed has been jailed for eight years.
A fifth defendant, Al-Imran Uddin, 20, of William Ash Close, Dagenham, was acquitted of any wrongdoing on the judge's directions.
It is understood Ms Gul lured Waqas Malik, 43, to her flat where he was subjected to torture and ordered to raise a £200,000 ransom or be executed with his 13-year-old son.
It is understood Gul had told Mr Malik that she was interested in selling her flat to him.
London's Southwark Crown Court heard that during Mr Malik's ordeal, one of his captors stood on his head and was kicked, punched and pistol whipped repeatedly.
He was ordered to call his wife in a desperate bid to raise funds and then was given a powerful sedative.
However, it is understood the plot fell through when Mr Malik became ill.
It is reported that Gul then tried to cover up her crime by sending her bleeding victim back to his home.
Desperate to cover up her crimes, she ordered her bound, blindfolded and bleeding victim to be put in an office chair, wheeled from the gang's "stronghold" and bundled to a waiting car.
He was then driven "almost unconscious" to his home.
Once there Gul told his wife he was very drunk and had sexually assaulted her.
The by now "comatose" businessman was taken to hospital, where doctors found his face and head covered in bruises and cuts, and "ligature marks" on his wrists from the tape used to bind him earlier.
Judge Deborah Taylor told all four that they should expect "lengthy custodial sentences in respect of these offences".
"These are serious and ugly crimes and it is chilling to find those as young as you involved in them," she said.
Leading the prosecution, Matthew Farmer said that "they were motivated by greed" because they believed he was "obviously a rich business man and he could provide the money".
(DS)
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