Schoolboy kidnapped for £1,000 ransom demand

A 15-year-old schoolboy was held hostage for ten hours while his kidnappers demanded his family pay a £1,000 ransom, a court heard today (MON). The terror-stricken teenager was driven around south London and forced to make a series of calls begging for cash from friends and relatives. He was finally released after his father called police and the kidnappers were lured to a fake meeting to hand over the money. The boy later described himself as ‘being more scared than…