Clubber is kidnapped and robbed

A man was tied up, blindfolded and beaten in a derelict house after being abducted outside a Brixton nightclub. Harry Warner, 27, was left unconscious and tied to a chair by thugs who took his watch, credit cards and pin numbers.

Speaking for the first time since his horrific ordeal, he told the Standard: "I just kept begging them not to kill me." Mr Warner, from Bethnal Green, was heading home from the Medusa nightclub near Coldharbour Lane when his ordeal began.

Leaving the club alone at 3am, he found himself lost in the back streets of Brixton and was surrounded by three men.

The three men marched him to a derelict house on a grim estate 10 minutes away.

"They were very threatening. I just went along with what they wanted me to do," he said.

The thugs tied Mr Warner to a chair using lengths of fabric ripped from his jumper.

"They put a blindfold on me and took my watch, some cash and credit cards," he said.

Mr Warner said one of the men demanded his pin numbers: "He started slapping me around even though I was trying to tell them the numbers. I just kept saying 'Please don't kill me'."

Mr Warner began to drift in and out of consciousness after that.

"I remember them leaving and coming back a couple of times," he said. "I woke up at around 9am still tied to the chair. I managed to get free and stumbled out onto the estate."

Mr Warner suffered severe bruising to his face and was left with a burst blood vessel in his left eye. The thieves used one of his credit cards to withdraw £250 and spent a further £350.

Anyone who was outside the nightclub in the early hours of 9 March or has any information is asked to contact DC Terry Moakes on 020 8649 2934.

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