Pair jailed for kidnapping Rangers duo

AN Edinburgh man who was part of an abduction of teenage Rangers football players Kyle Hutton and Kal Naismith has been jailed.

Ryan Moore, 23, and Paul Hislen, 24, bundled Hutton, 19, and 18-year-old Naismith into the back of Hutton's Audi A3 opposite the Omni Centre in Edinburgh, where the teenagers had been with friends. Moore then drove the pair through the city before dumping them in the Niddrie area.

The players were left without all their cash, driving licences and mobiles phones - an iPhone 4 and a Blackberry.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard both Moore and Hislen were on licence from prison at the time of the offence, Moore for assault and Hislen for drugs offences.

Sheriff John Horsburgh QC earlier jailed Moore for 40 months. Hislen was yesterday sentenced to 21 months.

Moore and Hislen, both described as being of Edinburgh Prison, admitted carrying out the offence on September 20 at Union Place, Niddrie Mains Road, and elsewhere. They were said to have been unaware that their victims were Rangers players.