Just In: 3 Nigerians Beaten To Death In Guinea Bissau For Child Kidnapping

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3 Nigerians accused of child abduction, have been lynched to death by an angry mob in Guinea Bissau.
A child had gone missing in Bissau, the capital. According to the AFP, rumours spread that the missing child had been abducted by the Nigerians.  This angered the locals who believed they were behind recent cases kidnappings & human trafficking. The angry crowd gathered and attacked the Nigerians, not even the police could stop them.

Lebanese man arrested for kidnapping in Lagos

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 A 23 year old Lebanese man has been arrested by police in Lagos for kidnapping his 61 year old aunt, Alhaja Essa Dannawi. Mohammed Dannawi (pictured above) conspired with a former employee of his aunt, Obi Kwentua, (pictured above) to kidnap the woman on May 2nd at her home in Ebute Meta, Lagos.

Mohammed, who later confessed to the crime, told police during interrogation that he didn't kidnap his aunt because of money but to punish her because she offended him and his wife. He said:
“My aunty did something very bad to my wife and I and so I decided to punish her. I met with Obi (Kwentua) and told him that I wanted my aunty kidnapped. I gave him the spare key to her house and he in turn hired some boys to do the work. On the day of the operation, I left the house and five guys stormed the place and took my aunty away. The plan was not to demand money from her, it was just punishment.”
 Punish your own relation by kidnapping her? Wow! Continue reading After the Break

Former basketball coach pleads guilty to kidnapping, beating 13 yr old to make him attend practice

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A former Oregon youth basketball coach pleaded guilty yesterday to kidnapping and beating one of his players with a belt to persuade the 13-year-old to attend practices.

Leslie Jerome Lewis, 54, was sentenced to 5 ⅓ years in prison after entering a guilty plea in Multnomah County Circuit Court to first-degree mistreatment and coercion charges, The Oregonian reported.

Defense attorney Bill Redden said his client believed he had acted for the good of the child.

"He felt that corporal discipline would motivate the victim in this case to show up to practices," Redden said. "Mr. Lewis realizes that was a very bad decision."

Police arrested Lewis at his apartment on Sept. 23, after receiving a call from a neighbor who had heard the boy screaming, “Help me!”

According to court documents, the boy told police Lewis had whipped him 40 times with a belt, The Oregonian reported.

Lewis coached in the Above the Rim youth basketball league in the Portland neighborhood of Woodland Park.