Three kidnappers who snatched a terrified mum and her three children from a taxi in broad daylight have been jailed for a total of 17 years.
The trio – all from the Black Country – smashed the cab’s window and forced the woman and her children into a car before speeding away in March 2016. But they failed to notice that the victim still had her mobile phone and she managed to alert police. They were recovered unharmed by police officers a short time later.
Mohammed Ansar Khan, 31, from Tipton, was sentenced to six years in prison at Shrewsbury Crown Court. He admitted kidnap at an earlier hearing.
Accomplice Muserat Khan, 36, from West Bromwich, also pleaded guilty to kidnap and was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison.
Ateek Khan, 28, also from West Bromwich, admitted kidnap and was jailed for five years and five months.
