Brad'Lee Ranyard and four others were jailed after a man escaped from his kidnappers by jumping from a first-floor window.
Brad'Lee Ranyard and four others were sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on August 28. The group was convicted of kidnapping a man who was lured to a property in Market Rasen in July 2025 due to personal matters from a past relationship.
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While held, the man was repeatedly assaulted, threatened, and humiliated by his captors, who filmed the abuse on their mobile phones. After being held overnight, the man was driven to a house in Lincoln. He escaped by leaping into a tree from a first-floor window and climbing down to the street. He flagged down a passing police car, and armed police intercepted two of the kidnappers in a vehicle while the others were arrested at the house in Market Rasen. Brad'Lee Ranyard was sentenced to nine years for kidnap and false imprisonment. Jackson Nicholson received nine years for kidnap, false imprisonment, and possessing a bladed object in public. Craig Ranyard was sentenced to five years and three months for false imprisonment. Danielle Thompson received four years and nine months for false imprisonment. Nathan Gladwell was sentenced to three years and seven months for false imprisonment.