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Oldham Kidnap Gang Sentenced for 12-Hour Ordeal as Ringleader Gets 8 Years

The case centered on an illegal moneylender who exploited a vulnerable borrower with extortionate interest.

Overview

  • The court jailed Janzib Rigby for eight years and sentenced Kimberley Green to five years for roles in the victim's detention and abuse.
  • Three others were sentenced: a 17-year-old received a youth rehabilitation order, Cody McGiffen got an 18-month community order, and Marshall Atkinson's sentencing was deferred for six months.
  • Prosecutors said the 28-year-old woman was lured into a home, Tasered by two defendants, strip-searched, and later driven to Saddleworth Moor during a roughly 12-hour captivity.
  • Greater Manchester Police supported the victim's mother with a force negotiator and intercepted a car after 11pm to secure the woman's release.
  • Rigby admitted false imprisonment and two kidnaps and was convicted of robbery, while the judge condemned the group's 'inhumane' treatment and the victim described ongoing complex PTSD and repeated hospitalizations.