A gang of men kidnapped and stripped a small-time drug dealer to steal his inheritance.

All five men in the dock at Kingston Crown Court entered last-minute guilty pleas to kidnapping Michael Barclay, as their trial was due to start on Monday, July 11.

The court heard they punched Mr Barclay, 21, who admitted to police that he was a small-time cannabis dealer, grabbed him and threw him in to a car near his home in Tolworth on February 9.

They put a bag over his head and drove him to an unidentified location, where he was held overnight, stripped and threatened with rape.

He told police he was threatened with a weapon, told they had a burner – street slang for gun – and told they would “wet him up”, although he never saw a weapon.

A woman who has not been traced said she would tell police Mr Barclay had raped her if he reported the kidnap.

Frankie Mackay, 22, of Queens Road, Thames Ditton, going by the street name Frankie Tommy, threatened to rape Mr Barclay, although the prosecution accepted he never intended to carry out the threat.

The next day Mr Barclay was driven home to collect his identification and bank cards and was then driven around various places, such as Thomas Cook and a money shop, in attempts to withdraw money.

Threats were continually made about his family as he was taken to the Streatham branch of Santander, where he withdrew £3,000 to give to his kidnappers, all of which was caught on CCTV.

Suahib Ibrahim, 29, of Victoria Road, Kingston, was unable to draw out a further £300 from the cashpoint machine outside.

The men drove Mr Barclay back to Tolworth after his harrowing ordeal, but continued to send threatening messages and vowed to return for more money a few days later.

His father persuaded him to call the police.

Detective Sergeant Tony Skinner said: “This is a good result because we’ve locked five potentially dangerous people up and we’ve taken them off the streets of Kingston.”

Detective Sergeant Lee Tullet said it was an unusual case of kidnap and praised the work done with the Crown Prosecution Service and the victim, who was reluctant to come forward.

He said: “It’s been a complex investigation and it has been a challenging one, so this is a fantastic result.”

Mackay, Ibrahim, Ali Borhan, 20, of Goodland House, New Malden, Ramius Joseph, 29, of Woodhams House, Wandsworth, and Micoe Tay Nicol-Sey, 25, of Kingston Gardens, Croydon, are all facing jail terms.

Sentencing will take place on August 12 at Kingston Crown Court.