Kidnap pair given extra jail for court disruption

Shuel Ali Hussain, 28, of Karnac Road, Chapeltown, became disruptive when he was jailed by Judge Rodney Grant earlier this month to 10 years for conspiracy to blackmail and drugs offences at Leeds Crown Court.

Sentencing Hussain yesterday to 12 months in prison to run consecutive, The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC said his behaviour on March 10 was "outrageous." and a gross contempt of court.

Kitty Taylor, for Hussain, said he "lost it in a moment of madness."

The judge had also earlier added nine months consecutive to the 12-year sentence for conspiracy to blackmail and kidnap on a second man Syed Ahmed, 24, of Park Home Avenue, Harehills, Leeds after hearing he struggled violently with custody officers in the incident.

The two had helped abduct a teenage boy and demanded 20,000 from his family.