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Man jumps out of first floor window to escape kidnappers in Lincoln

From The Guardian · () English

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • A kidnapped man escaped by jumping from a first-floor window into a tree, then ran into the street and encountered a police car by chance.
  • Five people were jailed after targeting the man in an ordeal linked to the breakdown of a past relationship.

A kidnapped man escaped his captors by jumping from a first-floor window into a tree before running into the street and, by chance, coming across a police car in Lincoln.

horrifying

· Lincolnshire policePolice used the word to describe the kidnapped man's ordeal.

Five people have been jailed after targeting the man and subjecting him to what Lincolnshire police described as a “horrifying” ordeal linked to the breakdown of a past relationship. Police said the presence of the marked vehicle “may have saved his life”.

may have saved his life

· Lincolnshire policePolice said the marked vehicle the man encountered may have helped save him.
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