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| A mother who hired an armed gang from New York to kidnap a 10-year-old boy has been jailed for 15 years. | A mother who hired an armed gang from New York to kidnap a 10-year-old boy has been jailed for 15 years. |
| Dawn Fields, of Clapham, south London, was found guilty of kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail last week. | Dawn Fields, of Clapham, south London, was found guilty of kidnap, false imprisonment and blackmail last week. |
| Fields, 26, hired four men from Brooklyn to carry out the crime, Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court heard. | Fields, 26, hired four men from Brooklyn to carry out the crime, Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court heard. |
| The 10-year-old's ordeal began when £350,000 cash which had been wired from the US by Ms Fields' partner, Adonis Perez, was thought to have been stolen. | The 10-year-old's ordeal began when £350,000 cash which had been wired from the US by Ms Fields' partner, Adonis Perez, was thought to have been stolen. |
| Kiss goodbye | Kiss goodbye |
| The court heard Fields' American boyfriend sent the money to the UK to be laundered. | |
| Fields, who, according to her diary, initially prayed to God to have the money returned to her lover, turned to more violent means when the spiritual route proved unsuccessful. | Fields, who, according to her diary, initially prayed to God to have the money returned to her lover, turned to more violent means when the spiritual route proved unsuccessful. |
| When a child becomes 'collateral' | |
| She launched an investigation and eventually identified a culprit, the court heard. | She launched an investigation and eventually identified a culprit, the court heard. |
| Wrongly convinced he lived with the child's family, she then hired the three Americans, paid their flights to Heathrow and ordered them to return with either the money or the child. | Wrongly convinced he lived with the child's family, she then hired the three Americans, paid their flights to Heathrow and ordered them to return with either the money or the child. |
| The gang tricked their way into the child's home in Walthamstow, north east London, and ransacked the property before forcing the child to kiss goodbye to his mother. | The gang tricked their way into the child's home in Walthamstow, north east London, and ransacked the property before forcing the child to kiss goodbye to his mother. |
| His ordeal lasted two days before armed police rescued him from a locked bathroom after storming the property using flash and stun grenades. | His ordeal lasted two days before armed police rescued him from a locked bathroom after storming the property using flash and stun grenades. |
| The boy's ordeal lasted two days as Fields demanded a £100,000 ransom for his release. | The boy's ordeal lasted two days as Fields demanded a £100,000 ransom for his release. |
| Passing sentence, Judge Simon Smith said of Fields: "It is no good expecting to be given a lighter sentence because you have a two-year-old daughter when you organised the kidnap of somebody else's 10-year-old son." | Passing sentence, Judge Simon Smith said of Fields: "It is no good expecting to be given a lighter sentence because you have a two-year-old daughter when you organised the kidnap of somebody else's 10-year-old son." |
| Jeriah Simpson, 21, Fields' half-brother, was the gang's getaway driver and found guilty of the same charges. He was given10 years. | Jeriah Simpson, 21, Fields' half-brother, was the gang's getaway driver and found guilty of the same charges. He was given10 years. |
| Brooklyn gang leader Edwin Phillip, 22, who was branded "evil" by the judge, received 13 years, while his "willing foot soldiers" Damien Francis and Gadwell Gibbs, both 24, were each jailed for 12 years. | Brooklyn gang leader Edwin Phillip, 22, who was branded "evil" by the judge, received 13 years, while his "willing foot soldiers" Damien Francis and Gadwell Gibbs, both 24, were each jailed for 12 years. |