Businessman’s son had diamond teeth plucked out in 14-hour hostage ordeal

Kidnappers held a man hostage, ripped out diamond teeth implants from his mouth and threatened to give him a lethal dose of heroin if his family didn’t pay to rescue him.

Saleh Al-Hindi was tied up in a crack den and mocked by his kidnappers during the 14 hour ordeal, a court heard.

Liban Ali, 24, Adam Malik, 23, and Karen Dumble, 44, along with three other men, planned to lure Mr Al-Hindi to Dumble’s flat with the promise of a late night massage.

Mr Al-Hindi was then blindfolded and had his £3,000 diamond grillz pulled from his head while Dumble looked on laughing, Southwark Crown Court heard.

Jurors were told the group demanded £50,000 from their victim’s family or they planned to kill him.

Prosecutor Andrew Frymann said: ‘In essence, the prosecution say, that these defendants on trial were part of a team.

‘They shared the team’s overall intentions, which were to falsely imprison and blackmail.

‘There were two criminal agreements, what lawyers call conspiracies. A conspiracy to lure the victim, Saleh Al-Hindi, under false pretences to Karen Dumble’s flat.

‘But more importantly, to keep him there against his will, restraining him and detaining him, and then to extort ransom money from his friends and loved ones to secure his release.’

Mr Al-Hindi was lured to Dumble’s flat in Westminster, London, on the evening of November 18, 2018 after Ali suggested that they should go to a massage parlour together.

The pair had previously been in prison together, and Ali knew of his victim’s £3,000 diamond grillz and successful father, the prosecutor said.

He told jurors how the alleged kidnappers managed to get the phone number of a friend of Mr Al-Hindi, who they called to try and secure a ransom payment.

They also pocketed £450 in cash that the victim had withdrawn to pay for his late night massage.

Mr Frymann said: ‘They initially demanded £50,000. Wisely [the friend] called the police as soon as he realised that his friend was in very serious trouble.

‘Police were able to meet with [the friend] and they were able to record very many of the demand or threat calls.

‘The police set about trying to locate Saleh Al-Hindi around 14 hours after he had been lured to Karen Dumble’s flat by Liban Ali.’

Police stormed the flat – which was being used as a crack den – and found him bound and blindfolded and looking ‘worse for wear’.

Dumble ‘played a key role’ in the kidnapping, laughing at the victim and ‘berating the enforcers for taking too long in extracting the ransom monies’ before going off to prepare the lethal heroin injection.

The prosecutor said: ‘He was being threatened with being killed but with his death being made to look like an overdose.’

Marin Majid, Drilon Hykaj and Agon Salihi were found in the room with the victim and have already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to falsely imprison and conspiracy to blackmail.

Ali, of Haezelwood Crescent, north Kensington, Malik, of Third Avenue, Queen’s Park, and Dumble, of Old Pye Street, Westminster, each deny conspiracy to falsely imprison and conspiracy to blackmail.

Dumble and Malik deny a further charge of threatening to kill.

The trial continues.