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A terrified busker was frogmarched to his death by sick teenage drug dealers who tortured him in his flat and then left him to die.

Musician Paul Pass and his pal Mark Andrews - who managed to escape - were subjected to an horrific ordeal after they were kidnapped and terrorised by Abdulmalik Adua, 17, and Rezwan Islam, 19.

When Paul's body was found, he had been stabbed in a main artery - and he had been battered with an acoustic guitar so ferociously that the wood splintered.

Although he managed to escape with his life, Mark had been forced to drink his own urine and had washing up liquid forced down his throat.

A court heard that police who raided the flat after Mark dialled 999 from a phone box, were shocked at what they saw.

CCTV footage from just outside Paul's flat shows him leaving his flat with the gang - seemingly unaware of what was going to happen to him.

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A concerned member of the public, who saw the two addicts being led away against their will, also snapped the men as they walked through the street.

In an hour's time, Paul was dead.

The court heard the young thugs targeted Paul, 49, and plied him with drugs in exchange for taking over his home, part of a nationwide crimewave dubbed 'cuckooing', which keeps dealers off the streets and away from the public eye.

The vulnerable addicts had been lured to a supermarket in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, to meet the dealers, who had offered to sell them drugs, the court was told.

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But the court heard that after the flat was targeted by three of Paul's friends who robbed Adua, from Woolwich, London, and Islam, from Gloucester, of drugs and cash, the dealers decided to take revenge.

They attacked and robbed the men and the following day Islam met up with Bilal Ebrahim Moosajee, 19, luring Paul and Mark to meet them under the pretence of supplying them.

Moosajee admitted kidnap and manslaughter but Adua and Islam denied charges of murder, supplying Class A drugs and GBH.

Islam also faced charges of kidnap and robbery - but a jury today convicted the evil pair of everything brought against them after a trial at Bristol Crown Court. They will be sentenced at a later date.

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The court heard the horrific chain of events began with a burning cigarette being stamped out on Mark's face, and escalated after he and Paul were kidnapped and taken to the flat in Marian Court, Gloucester.

Mark was stabbed in the hand, and Paul's acoustic guitar was smashed over his head before he was stabbed in the leg, severing an artery and bleeding out within an hour.

The criminal trio stole Mark's mobile phone but he managed to escape to a payphone - but by the time paramedics arrived, his pal had died.

Detective Chief Inspector Julie Mackay said: "We should be very clear that Paul Pass was a vulnerable drug user who was ruthlessly exploited and brutally killed by serious and organised criminals who had no hesitation in resorting to extreme violence.

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"Paul's friends wanted to reclaim his flat because they realised he was being taken advantage of.

"What they didn't realise was the lengths to which the people they stole from with were willing to go and the consequences it would bring.

"The fact Paul Pass and Mark Andrews were willing to meet up with Islam and Moosajee the day after the theft in the hope of scoring more drugs shows how dependent and vulnerable to exploitation they were.

"What happened next was horrific.

"Adua and Islam tortured the victims and made showed absolutely no concern for the condition they left the men in, Adua simply commenting that he wished Paul would die.

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"I hope today's verdicts give Paul's family some comfort for their loss.

"I would also like to make an appeal to members of the public about any concerns they have about vulnerable people being exploited in their communities.

"If you see anything strange please call us with your concerns. We are working with partner agencies like housing associations to stop cuckooing but we need the public to be on the lookout too.

"I was really encouraged by the reaction of the public in the area of Paul's home during our investigation and the help we received from witnesses.

"I understand that where drugs are concerned people may not want to get involved but as a society we should not turn a blind eye to this - the criminals coming into our county can cause serious issues for everyone."