'Spud' Allegedly Kidnaps Builder Over Botched Bathroom
November 8, 2022
In his evidential police interview played in court yesterday, the complainant told Detective Jordan Edwards that he had his car keys and mobile phone taken from him when he entered the garage.
It was then they started talking about the bathroom work, saying he needed to refund some money.
“I got threatened that my toes were going to get cut off with garden hedge trimmers.
He said threats about his family members were made if he did not pay the money.
“I was pretty scared for my life, to be honest with you. I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone; it was pretty bad.”
He was made to enter his bank account PIN so his money could be accessed.
In all, $2000 was paid into the co-defendant’s account.
He said during the kidnapping the pair would pass notes to one another which they later burned. They were also swapping SIM cards from different phones.
Although he knew one of the men, he said he had not seen him in years and was too scared to name who it was. He later gave his nickname — Spud.
On the other hand, it’s Invercargill, so who knows what happened.