A teenager was tied up, beaten and ordered to carry out a robbery to pay off a drug debt, Worcester Crown Court heard.

Victim Leonard Broome tried to hide in a loft when two youths broke into the house where he was staying.

But he was caught, had his hands shackled with rope and was frogmarched round a Redditch estate while his captors tried to sell his property for cash, said Adam Western, prosecuting.

Mr Broome's father even got a phone call asking for £1,000 with a threat that if payment was not forthcoming 'we are going to have to break someone's legs'.

The 19 year old was forced into a taxi still bound, taken to the Winyates area of the town and told to rob a garage.

He tried to flee but was chased and caught and subjected to a kicking. Householders who saw the incident came to the rescue.

Leon Quinn, aged 19, of Cedar Road, Redditch, and Sebastian Isherwood, aged 17, of Edgeworth Close, Redditch, pleaded guilty to kidnap.

Quinn was given two years' detention and Isherwood 12 months' detention.

Judge Andrew Geddes said although it was a joint enterprise, Isherwood did not have as bad a police record, was younger and had already spent more time in custody on remand.

Mr Broome had been subjected to a terrifying experience for more than five hours.

The defendants trapped him in a house in Clent Avenue, Redditch, in January after accusing him of owing £465 for cannabis, said Mr Western.

They tried to get him to rob a garage without success while they hid round the corner.

At one stage, he lost consciousness from being kicked and ended up in hospital.

Leroy Henry, for Quinn, said it was a deplorable incident which had spiralled out of control.

He wanted to apologise to the victim and had joined the Samaritans while on remand, intent on helping others.

Francis Laird, for Isherwood, said he had sadly embarked on an unpleasant offence due to peer pressure, drug-taking and heavy drinking.