Four appear in court on kidnap and assault charges

A woman and three men have been charged after a man was seriously injured in Cottingham, near Hull, last week.

Toma Vitkauskaite, 26, and Armantas Sauklys, 39 of Eppleworth Road, Cottingham, Emilio Romano, 24, of Hadleigh Close, Hull, and Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Harborough Avenue, Sheffield, have been charged with false imprisonment, conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.

All four appeared at Hull Magistrates' Court on Monday and were remanded in custody until their next appearance at the same court on 22 July.

Five other people – three men and two teenage boys – who were arrested in connection with the incident on 19 June have been released on bail.

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