British teacher jumps out of car boot to escape kidnapper in Caribbean

A British teacher held captive successful the Caribbean escaped his captor by jumping retired of the footwear of a car.

Zaheer Esat, who runs a backstage schoolhouse successful Ashby, Leics, was kidnapped astatine gunpoint past Friday portion visiting Trinidad to spot his parents.

The kidnapper utilized a car to artifact the roadworthy arsenic Mr Esat, 46, and his 70-year-old begetter and brother-in-law were driving backmost from visiting a mosque adjacent the westbound seashore of the island.

The antheral suspect, equipped with a rifle, past shouted astatine the household to little their heads and dragged Mr Esat from the rear rider spot of the achromatic Nissan hatchback into his ain car. His household were near unharmed.

Mr Esat, who is of dual Trinidadian and British nationality, had not been carrying a mobile telephone astatine the clip of his abduction, constabulary said

His father, a retired imam who did not privation to beryllium identified, issued urgent pleas for the kidnapper to merchandise him, saying his lad suffers from asthma and needs an inhaler.

Two days later, Mr Esat was discovered by a passer-by wandering a cremation tract astir six miles distant from the country of the kidnapping.

Mr Esat was taken to the constabulary and told investigating officers that helium had escaped by jumping retired of the footwear of a car aft being moved by his kidnappers.

He was taken for aesculapian attraction and has since been released to the attraction of his family, according to Trinidadian media reports.

At a property league connected Wednesday, Richard Smith, the adjunct commissioner of police, announced that a 28-year-old antheral had been arrested successful transportation with the incident.

A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said: “We provided enactment to a British antheral who was reported missing successful Trinidad and were successful interaction with the section authorities.”

Mr Esat’s online CV states that helium is simply a manager astatine the Lewis Charlton Group of Learning Centres, a backstage schoolhouse for pupils with affectional and peculiar acquisition needs.

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