Shocking footage emerges from Sydney kidnapping – inside one man’s brutal plot to divorce his brother-in-law from his sister

The moment a terrified Sydney man was kidnapped and forced to divorce his wife under Islamic law has been released on video as his brutal attackers await sentencing.

In January, the four kidnappers traveled from Melbourne to Guildford in Sydney’s west and captured 25-year-old Younis Younis.

Kodar Faytrouni started the plot because he believed that Younis, his brother-in-law, had married his sister only to obtain an Australian visa.

One of the kidnappers filmed the crime. The footage, shown in Parramatta District Court on Thursday, appeared to show them assaulting Younis at his family home, then holding him in a headlock as they drove him away.

They shouted in Arabic as a visibly frightened Younis tried to resist, The Daily Telegraph reported.

A neighbor saw Younis being dragged from his home and piled into a BMW. They called the police and a specialist gang team immediately went into action.

The group drove Younis to another property in Guildford before police spotted the BMW moving again several hours later and pulled him over, foiling the kidnapping.

Faytrouni, Abud Elkerdi, Safwan Hussein and Ali Hamad all pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges.

Footage showed Safwan Hussein holding Younis in a headlock as he was driven away

Four men pleaded guilty to kidnapping after police tracked them down (one of the men is pictured on the left)

A fifth alleged kidnapper, Imad Fatrouni, pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and will stand trial in April.

It was Hamad who filmed the footage on his phone, which showed Hussein holding Younis in a headlock while Kodar Faytrouni sat next to him in the car.

Before sentencing on Thursday, Faytrouni’s lawyer argued that his client had a low IQ and was unable to solve problems.

But Judge Stephen Hanley said Faytrouni committed the offense because he did not accept that his sister wanted to marry Younis.

“It shows a total inability to let this woman choose who she wants as a partner,” the judge said.

Judge Hanley also refused to accept that Faytrouni’s role in the kidnapping was below the average of objective seriousness.

‘They seem to be able to find him, break into his house, take him out of his house, attack him in the car, force him to get a divorce according to Islamic law, while his partner is in a difficult condition on the phone listens, and Are you saying this is below average?’

Faytrouni had been able to plan the crime and recruit his friends, the judge said.

Video also appeared to show the kidnappers assaulting Younis at his parents’ home

“He’s the one who started it, he’s the one who recruited, and yet I have to accept that he has some sort of intellectual disability, that he’s incapable of doing that, is that correct?”

Elkerdi’s defense argued that he too had a low IQ and depended on his wife to get dressed, but the judge questioned that claim as well.

‘Too mentally disabled to plan anything, it’s extraordinary.’

Elkerdi and Faytrouni were due to be sentenced on Thursday, but the date was postponed after Elkerdi collapsed during the lunch break.

The 38-year-old was taken to Westmead Hospital due to chest pains, his lawyer said.

The two men will appear in court again on December 20. The cases against Hamad and Hussein have been postponed until December 13.