Abduction appeal

Apr 24 2008 by Our Correspondent, Gwent Gazette

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 33-year-old man reported being abducted and assaulted in a Blaenau Gwent village.

The man from the Cefn Fforest area in Blackwood said he pulled over when he was flashed by another car, then the driver of this car got in beside the victim and ordered him to drive.

It is thought this man was wearing a balaclava and made the victim drive towards Blaenau Gwent to an area known locally as “Dukesy’s Farm” on the Cwm to Aberbeeg Road, where another man joined the masked man to assault the victim.

The semi-conscious man was found by a passing motorist at 3.45am on Tuesday, March 11. He was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries.

It is reported the incident occurred as the man was driving from Blackwood toward Penyfan Industrial Estate area on Monday, March 10.

Having travelled over Chartist Bridge at approximately 7.15pm, the man, who was driving a Black Mitsubishi Colt, says he noticed he was being followed by a silver/gold N or M registration old-style Astra.

Police are asking that anyone who may have seen either of the cars on the Blackwood to Penyfan Road, or the Mitsubishi parked on the Forestry Drive on the Cwm to Aberbeeg Road, to call police on 01633 838111, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.