18-05-2015 15:55

Two teenagers who kidnapped then "tortured" a girl aged 14 by pouring salt down her throat and making her perform a sex act have been sentenced.

The girl was taken to a flat in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire last year by the strangers before being made to strip naked and sit in a freezing cold bath.

Caylen Candy and Chyanne Powell, both 18, admitted offences including causing a child to engage in sexual activity and kidnap at St Albans Crown Court.

They were detained at Friday's hearing.

The judge described the 17-hour ordeal that was filmed on a mobile phone as "humiliating and belittling".

'Callous indifference'

Candy and Powell, who had been drinking, tried to rob the girl on her way to school before taking her to the flat on 24 September, the court heard.

During the kidnap they also put a knife to her throat and cut her hair, the court was told.

Judge Stephen Warner said it "showed a callous indifference to a visibly distressed victim who was pleading to be let go".

A man later arrived at the flat and was shown pictures of the girl, who cannot be named, and the images were sent to another man, the court heard.

"What she was subjected to was nothing short of torture - physically and psychologically - done for your amusement and gratification," the judge said.

• Candy, of Leabank Square, Hackney was sentenced to six years and three months in a young offenders' institution. She admitted eight charges including kidnap, false imprisonment, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, and taking and distributing indecent photographs of a child

• Powell, from Riverpoint, High Street, Waltham Cross, will serve seven and a half years after pleading guilty to eight charges including causing a child to engage in sexual activity and kidnap.

• Sanjay Kalia, 18, of Macoma Road, Plumstead, was sentenced to five and a half years' detention after admitting false imprisonment, and making and sharing indecent photographs of a child.

• David Appiah, 21, of New Road, Chingford was sentenced to eight and a half years for false imprisonment and causing a child to engage in sexual activity.