A group of Kingston University students kidnapped a man and assaulted him with a heated screw driver, belt and a spanner in a four-hour ordeal, a court has heard.

Three students who lived in a maisonette in Robin Hood Way, Kingston, allegedly punched and dragged receptionist Vrajesh Yadav off the street and took him back to their flat.

When they arrived, it was alleged, two other men joined in beating the 20-year-old, the court heard.

The group allegedly robbed him of his silver watch, Fendi wallet, three Visa cards, cash and a Blackberry phone.

Claiming Mr Yadav had stolen from them the night before, when Mr Yadav had stayed over as a guest of Mr Shaikh, the group took him to a cash machine near Kingston University, but Mr Yadav pressed the wrong Pin three times, the court heard.

During his alleged ordeal he was made to clean up his own blood stains using detergent and allowed to frequently wash the blood off his face in the bathroom, where he also vomited.

Prosecutor Martin Paltengai said: “A young man was forcibly held in a car by three men outside Norbiton station. He was taken back to a flat above a shop.

“Over the next couple of hours he was held against his will and subjected to a series of terrifying assaults. He was covered in blood. It was quite apparent he had been assaulted.”

Mr Yadav’s alleged torture only came to an end when he convinced the men to drive him to East Ham, where he lived and managed to get away.

Mr Paltengai said: “What you cannot do is take the law into your own hands. By the time the first three defendants got to Norbiton station that is what they decided to do. None of them called the police. All three left together in the Vauxhall. One of them was also armed with a wrench or a spanner."

Mohammed Afzal, 22, from Walsall, Ebrahim Hassan Shaikh, 19, of Wood Street, Kingston, and Rayad Mohammed Miah, 22, from Birmingham all deny robbery, kidnap, attempted robbery and attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm.

Gasim Gasim, 22, of Burnham Street, Kingston, denies false imprisonment, attempting to inflict grevious bodily harm while Sooraj Noori, 20, of King Henry’s Road, Kingston, denies false imprisonment, attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm and kidnapping.