A man was tortured, doused in petrol and set on fire to be "taught a lesson" after he lost 10 million cigarettes that were worth £1m, a murder trial has heard.
Tomasz Samel was kidnapped in 2019 in Birmingham by three men claiming to be from Interpol, before being driven to the Liverpool area and attacked, prosecutors have alleged.
On Wednesday, Birmingham Crown Court was told the 45-year-old father of two, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant, had then been dumped in a remote location and died in hospital about three months later.
Neil Jones, Kevin Wooden, Kye Arthur and Tobiasz Kozlowski have been accused of Samel's murder, which they deny.
Wooden, 46, of Alma Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Arthur, 35, of Copley Gardens, Bristol, Jones, 48, of no fixed address, and Kozlowski, 38, of Crosland Road, Kirkby, Merseyside, also deny conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
Tomasz Samel was kidnapped in 2019 in Birmingham by three men claiming to be from Interpol, before being driven to the Liverpool area and attacked, prosecutors have alleged.
On Wednesday, Birmingham Crown Court was told the 45-year-old father of two, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant, had then been dumped in a remote location and died in hospital about three months later.
Neil Jones, Kevin Wooden, Kye Arthur and Tobiasz Kozlowski have been accused of Samel's murder, which they deny.
Wooden, 46, of Alma Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Arthur, 35, of Copley Gardens, Bristol, Jones, 48, of no fixed address, and Kozlowski, 38, of Crosland Road, Kirkby, Merseyside, also deny conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
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