A Felixstowe teenager was part of a gang that lured, kidnapped and attached a person in Woodbridge, Ipswich Crown Court has been told.

Dylan Craft, 18, of Mill Lane, Felixstowe, was one of four males, that are then alleged to have to hit with the kidnapped teen with hammer, held a blade to his tongue after he was forced into a car in Woodbridge.

Craft, was in court along with Kai Mangar, 19, of Brunswick Road, Ipswich; Dylan Craft, 18, of Mill Lane, Felixstowe; Nolan Akuoko, 18, of Faraday Road, Ipswich and a 17-year-old youth from Ipswich, who can't be named for legal reasons due to behis age.

The teenager was lured to Fen Meadow in the town by one youth and was then set upon by two others who bundled him into the back of a VW Polo, the court heard.

During his hour long ordeal the Woodbridge teenager was allegedly assaulted and robbed of £540 cash, his coat and watch before being left where the incident started, said Mathew Sorel-Cameron, prosecuting.

All four have denied an offence of kidnapping which was allegedly committed on December 14 last year.

They have all also denied an offence of robbery on the same date during which £540 cash, a jacket and a watch were stolen.

It is alleged Craft was in the front passenger seat of the of the VW Polo owned and driven by Mangar was the owner and driver, Akuoko was in the back of the car and the 17-year-old had been responsible for luring the alleged victim to Fen Meadow.

The trial continues.