Sam Demilecamps, 26, texted his circle of relatives in the UK from Italy ultimate yr saying he was once being beaten and tortured (Image: Fb)

A British man has told a court docket how he was once kidnapped and tortured via his friends after he boasted approximately his wealth.

Sam Demilecamps, 26, despatched messages to his circle of relatives to mention that he was once being crushed up at his hostel ahead of he was driven 200 miles away to a flat in Monte San Giusto, Italy.

There he said he was once handcuffed to a stepladder and his captors demanded £6,000 from his folks.

Sam, who went to the £36,000-a-12 months Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire, instructed a court docket in Florence: ‘My captors had noticed me spending lavishly.

‘They kicked and punched me, used a taser and pepper spray, then dragged me right into a car and gave me tranquilisers.

‘They drove me to Monte San Giusto. i was held underwater in a bath and overwhelmed.’

Alternatively, rather than paying the ransom, his folks, Patrick Demilcamps and Jalaleh McCall, contacted police and they tracked his phone to search out him.

A BOARDING school-skilled ?adrenaline junky? has been freed by Italian police after apparently being kidnapped for ransom. Sam Demilecamps, 24, was discovered malnourished and chained to a radiator after a coded demand for ?6,000 was despatched to his rich stepfather in England. He instructed officers he had been waterboarded and tasered even as held hostage via three males and a girl, who have now been arrested. but the suspects have told police the ?kidnap? was once all Mr Demilecamps? concept ? and that he wanted the money to repay a debt to them. Now the suspects were bailed beneath space arrest, and their alleged sufferer is understood to have again to Britain, whilst police enquiries proceed. But it is not the first time Mr Demilecamps has discovered himself on the centre of intense police job. 5 years ago he had to be rescued after jumping off a 180ft cliff in Sicily ?for a dare?. And that was shortly after British police introduced an enchantment to find him whilst he went missing in Surrey. Ultimate evening Mr Demilecamps could not be contacted for remark. And his rich stepfather Derek McCall, SIXTY ONE, coping with director of a biotechnology corporate, and pores and skin therapist mother Jalaleh, 60, an newbie golfer, declined to discuss the ?kidnap? at their ?2.5m mansion near Guildford in Hampshire.Footloose younger Mr Demilecamps, who attended ?THIRTEEN,000-a-yr Hampshire boarding school Lord Wandsworth College, and now describes himself as a chef, appears to were traveling in Europe for a while to escape strict UNITED KINGDOM lockdowns.”/>Mr Demilecamps was skilled at a £36,000 a yr Lord Wandsworth Faculty in Hampshire (Picture: Fb)

Mr Demilecamps previously made headlines in 2016 after breaking his again while he jumped into the ocean from a cliff in Taormina, Sicily

At one aspect, Sam was suspected of being in at the plot when footage emerged of him partying with his kidnappers.

He used to be in the flat of his own unfastened will and he was once now not tortured or overwhelmed.

‘He have been lent cash via the four and they allowed him to stick within the flat while he organized to get them the cash he owed them – that’s it, not anything extra. This isn’t some Mafiosi kidnap, it’s very trivial.’

Mr Demilecamps, who lives in Brighton, in the past made headlines in 2016 after breaking his back whilst he jumped into the sea from a cliff in Taormina, Sicily, for a gamble. 

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