A Watford man is set to go on trial after he denied a kidnap charge.
Tijmal Saddique, of Mildred Avenue, pleaded not guilty when he appeared at St Albans Crown Court on Monday, November 14.
It relates to a man allegedly being bundled into a car in North Watford before being driven off on October 12 this year.
Update - the men have been found not guilty
Saddique, 38, is set to appear at the court on March 27 next year for trial.
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Two other men, Junior Scarlett, 45, of Fortescue Road, Edgware; and Daniel Till, 47, of Scots Hill, Croxley Green, will also appear in court on March 27 but have not entered a plea.
All three were remanded in custody.
The men were arrested after police were called to concerns for a man’s safety after he was allegedly seen being forced into a vehicle in Beechwood Rise.
Enquiries led officers to an address in Croxley Green, following which a search resulted in three men being arrested.
Rickmansworth School, near to the address, went into lockdown at around 1.20pm as police searched nearby buildings and an area of the site.
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