The offender was convicted by a jury of kidnapping and overcoming resistance after orchestrating a sophisticated plot to abduct a foreign university student for ransom.
The victim was taken from his home, drugged, bound, and held captive for 13 days before being rescued by police.
The court sentenced the offender, who acted as the mastermind, to 20 years imprisonment for kidnapping and a concurrent 3 years for overcoming resistance, noting the extreme gravity of the offence and the paramount need for denunciation and deterrence.
The court declined to impose consecutive sentences based on the totality principle and declined to restrict parole eligibility.
