JUST a few hours before he disappeared, Christopher Hughes, 37, phoned his sister, Fran, for a chat and told her he loved her. “I knew my brother and I knew he wouldn’t have done what they accused him of,” says his other heartbroken sister, Andrea. “There are some nasty, vicious comments about how he deserved it because of what he did,” says Andrea. “In a kidnap it’s life and death,” DI Justin Bryant, who led the case, tells us in an exclusive interview. 12 Mamid Curtis Balbas is taken into custody Credit: Minnow Films12 Police search for evidence at the garage Credit: Minnow Films12 Alan Jaf is searched by police after being named Credit: Minnow FilmsFive men are now in custody and more were arrested after the documentary filming ended.

Source: The Times January 14, 2025 13:04 UTC