The guy who knocked on stated that he came from Telenor.
Shortly thereafter, three armed kidnappers pressed into the house.
– – One takes a secateur, holds against my finger and threatens me, says the victim in interrogation.
It was just after 21 a Thursday, in a smaller town in Blekinge.
A 25-year-old man sat watching TV when it suddenly knocked on the door, according to a prosecution at Kristianstad District Court. At the porch stood a man in a beard stump, who claimed he was from Telenor. The residents have noticed uneasy and closed. Shortly thereafter, he had to go out with his dog.
At the door were three masked men.
– I’ll pull again, one sets foot. They fly on me into the kitchen. I had to lie down on my stomach. Chaos in there, the man says in interrogation with police.
Recognized the perpetrator’s voice
In English, the trio screamed that they wanted his bank cards, car keys and all codes. One of them was armed with what will later prove to be a carbon dioxide. At the same time, another of them screamed to the others not to hurt the man on the floor. The victim thought the voice sounded familiar.
The man was then drawn and thrown into his own car.
– I lie there behind, they drive like idiots, says the man.
“Know where your dad is living”
The trio took him to an ATM, where he was forced to withdraw and give them just over SEK 10,000, before driving away again to release him a bit away.
– It gets a little calabic. One takes a secateur, holds against my finger and threatens me, he says and continues:
– They said, “If you go to the police, we know where your little brother lives, we know where your dad lives”. I was terrified. Just thought of obeying them.
Two men aged 25 have now been charged with robbery and human trafficking. One of them – the one whose voice the victim recognized – is his childhood friend. After the incident, the friend has heard several times and wanted to have a coffee or “soup”, but the man has declined to meet.
The third kidnapper has not been found and the defendants deny crime.