Three sentenced over torture attack on gang rival
Nathan Rochester, left, Salvadore Hall and Olivia Williams posted a video of the attack to social media
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Three gang members who filmed their attack on a rival they were holding captive have been jailed.
Salvadore Hall, Nathan Rochester and Olivia Williams assaulted the victim with knives and metal poles after handcuffing him inside a Nottingham house on 2 April 2023.
He fled the scene and collapsed - suffering from numerous stab wounds and broken bones - at a petrol station in Nuthall Road, Whitemoor, police said.
Hall, Rochester and Williams were found guilty following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court and on Monday were sentenced to 16, 10 and 8 years in prison respectively.
Hall, 32, of HMP Nottingham, Rochester, 32, of HMP Ranby, and Williams, 25, of Grange Road, Torquay, Devon, were all convicted of false imprisonment and committing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Hall had previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and possession of ammunition without a certificate.
The police investigation found the victim had been attacked at a property in Keverne Close, Aspley, for 80 minutes in the early hours of 2 April.
CCTV footage showed the victim meeting Williams after he had been taken to the address by taxi.
A short time after they went inside the property, figures could be seen climbing through a rear window into the address.
Parts of the assault were recorded on video by one of the attackers and posted to social media to humiliate the victim, officers said.
The trio then made an effort to clean the house and ripped up the carpets.
Hall was spotted in a car by officers on patrol on 4 April.
The vehicle was pursued to Borrowash, Derbyshire, where Hall was seen by officers to throw a bag containing dreadlocks covered in the victim’s blood out of the window.
Hall also threw a handgun out of the car before the vehicle was pulled over and he was arrested.
Rochester was arrested the following day at an address in Stretton, Derbyshire.
'Shocking violence'
Evidence from his mobile phone revealed he had been in regular contact with Williams both before the incident and about the clean-up of the property afterwards.
He had also made threats to the victim and his family following the attack, police said.
When Williams was arrested on 7 April officers found evidence which led them to search the property in Keverne Close.
Forensic evidence revealed the attack on the victim had taken place within the address.
Det Con Bethanie Foster said: “The level of violence displayed was shocking and the victim is fortunate not to have suffered even more serious or lasting injuries.
“The filming of the incident, seemingly to humiliate the victim, also showed another level of depravity so I am pleased the judge has seen fit to hand down such considerable sentences."
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