Two men have been charged with torture and deprivation of liberty after they allegedly kidnapped two people but fell asleep and allowed them to escape.
Queensland Police allege a 33-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman were at a park in Everton Park in Brisbane when they were threatened and kidnapped by two men and taken into an SUV about 2am yesterday.
After the alleged kidnapping, the NSW men drove to a carpark along Smith Street in Parkwood on the Gold Coast
The alleged victims escaped while the two men were asleep.
They ran to a house for help and called police, who woke up their alleged captors and arrested them.
A 35-year-old Jamisontown man and a 36-year-old Thornton man have each been charged with two counts of kidnapping, two counts of deprivation of liberty and two counts of torture as well as one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and robbery.
“Police attended and located two men asleep in the vehicle,” Queensland Police said in a statement.
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“It will be further alleged that police located zip ties, bleach, rubber gloves, hacksaw blades, plastic sheeting, aluminium foil, wire snips and a blowtorch in the vehicle along with a quantity of cash and drugs.”
The men appeared in Southport Magistrates Court today where a prosecutor said the men told the victims they were “going to torture them and ultimately kill one of them”.
The court was told the victims and kidnappers did not know each other.
Both men have been released on strict bail conditions.
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