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Body Bag Torture: Two Jailed After Six-Hour Ordeal
14 Apr
Summary
- Two men jailed for a six-hour torture including a body bag in the ground.
- Victim threatened with death and rape of female relatives.
- Attackers sentenced to over four years and three years imprisonment.
Joshua Rice, 38, and Andrew Rowbotham, 44, have been sentenced to prison for a horrific six-hour ordeal inflicted upon a victim in the Forest of Dean.
The two men pleaded guilty to assault and making threats to kill. During the attack in July, the victim was physically assaulted, threatened with broken legs and dismemberment, and psychologically tortured with threats against his female relatives.
The victim described being forced into a hole in the ground covered in sheeting, likening it to a body bag, and feeling as though he had died.
Rice was sentenced to four years and four months imprisonment. Rowbotham received a sentence of three years and seven months, with the judge noting some remorse. Both received five-year restraining orders and were ordered to pay £228 each in costs.
