FOUR men, including one from Stretford, have been sentenced to a total of 19-and-a-half years in prison for their participation in the kidnap and stabbing of a teenage boy.

James McPhilbin, 50, of Norwich Road, Stretford, pleaded guilty to false imprisonment at an earlier hearing and was sentenced yesterday, Monday July 28, to 16 months in prison.

Anthony McPhilbin, 29, of Eldon Place, Patricroft, pleaded guilty to kidnap and actual bodily harm at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to four years in prison.

Anthony Morton, 25, of Berwick Road, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to kidnap, actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to seven years and one month in prison.

Alex Duff, 27, of Beacon Drive, Newall Green, pleaded guilty to kidnap, actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to seven years and one month in prison.

At around midday on February 5 2006, the 17-year-old victim was walking down Derbyshire Lane in Stretford when Anthony McPhilbin, Duff and Morton pulled up alongside him in a car.

The victim was forced into the car and taken to an address on Derbyshire Crescent. Anthony McPhilbin then called his uncle James McPhilbin and told him that they had the 17-year-old.

He was taken upstairs where McPhilbin, Duff and Morton assaulted him. Minutes later, James McPhilbin arrived and warned the victim to stop harassing his daughter with text messages.

After the assault, Duff and Morton then drove the victim to an alleyway off School Road, where they set upon him, stabbing him in the head and chest, puncturing his lung. The attack was interrupted by residents and the men drove off, leaving the 17-year-old in the alleyway.

The victim went to hospital but has since made a full recovery.

Detective Constable Rachel Ostick, based at Stretford CID, said: "I am delighted with today's sentence and I hope that after such a long time, the family of the victim can finally have some peace of mind in knowing that justice has finally be done and the offenders are behind bars.”