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Four men have been locked up after a student was “frogmarched” into an alley and robbed in a terrifying 40-minute ordeal in Nottingham city centre.
Gruesome Nighttime Robbery
In the early hours of Tuesday 18 April 2023, a 19-year-old student was grabbed by three masked men on Wellington Street. They forced him into an alley, shut the gate behind him, and prevented any escape.
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The thugs stole the student’s iPhone and coerced him into handing over passcodes. They accessed his banking app and transferred £1,539.63 to another account before fleeing, taking the stolen phone with them.
Police Crack the Case
- CCTV footage helped police identify three suspects, who were tracked to a eatery in Hockley where one made a bank card transaction.
- Oliver Sapounov, 23, of Huntingdon Street, Nottingham, was named as one of the robbers. He was also linked as a company director alongside Aqeel Hussain and Sefa Duzgun.
- The other men—Aqeel Hussain, 23, from Luton, and Sefa Duzgun, 22, from London—matched suspects in the CCTV.
- A fourth man, Adeel Din, 23, from Luton, was arrested for money laundering connected to the crime.
