THREE men have been jailed for kidnapping a man and robbing him of £25,000 worth of

property

, including a £17,000 watch.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard how, on April 11, McCauley Doran, Liam Mattinson and Kye Fox, bundled David Bevan into a car in Bury, threatened him with an iron bar and a knife and robbed him.

Mr Bevan was then kicked out of the car on Lansdowne Road Middleton, with the court hearing how the ordeal had left him anxious and fearful.

Jailing the trio, Judge Peter Lawton said: "Understandably, Mr Bevan says he's feeling anxious and paranoid when walking down the street and feels scared when cars pull up beside him.

"All three of you are young men with turbulent backgrounds and substantial criminal records, but nothing of this scale before."

Adam White, prosecuting, said the three men abducted Mr Bevan and forced him into a nearby Audi.

Doran threatened him with a metal bar before Fox did the same with a knife, while Mattinson was driving.

They then took £25,000 worth of property including jewellery and Mr Bevan's £17,000 watch, which had considerable sentimental value to him, before frightening him further by discussing kicking him out of the car as it was moving, the court heard.

Mr White said Mr Bevan was ultimately kicked out of the car as it was stationary and the property was eventually returned to him after the men were arrested.T The court also heard how Doran, 24, of Batty Street, Cheetham Hill, Mattinson, 25, of Tennyson Avenue, Bury, and Fox, 29, of no fixed address, had all endured difficult upbringings but recognised what they had done was wrong and wished to turn their lives around.

Defending Mattinson, Gwen Henshaw pointed out that he had not directly engaged in violence and said he hoped to start a new life with his partner and their baby.

Judge Lawton also acknowledged that the robbery and kidnap appeared to have been undertaken on the spur of the moment, without a great deal of prior planning.

But given the seriousness of the offence, the judge decided to sentence them each to four years imprisonment.