Euro Weekly News | Kidnap gang jailed | International | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain: "final member of a violent kidnap gang who lured their victims with the promise of work before imprisoning them and demanding ransom payments was today sentenced for his role in a string of kidnap and blackmail offences. Min Yang pleaded guilty on 26 November and was today sentenced to eight years in prison, bring the total sentencing for the gang to 52 years and two months. The five-strong gang - all of whom are Chinese nationals - seized six of their compatriots in London and Luton, Bedfordshire, between July 2007 and March 2009, subjecting them to terrifying ordeals in which they were tied up and beaten.
In each instance the captors demanded money, often tens of thousands of pounds, in order to secure the hostage's release, and petrified relatives in China were sometimes contacted and ordered to pay up or see their loved one killed.
The gang, all originally from Fujian province in south-east China, were eventually caught when Metropolitan Police officers located two of their strongholds.
Following their arrests, between March and December 2009, Guo Ping Chen, Guo Chen, Bing Cheng and Guo Hai Chen pleaded guilty and were sentenced on 23 June 2010 at the Old Bailey."
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