Four men and a woman have been jailed for a total of 50 years after subjecting a man to what police say was a "sustained and vicious attack" in Gainsborough two years ago.

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On 15 November 2015, their victim was invited into a property and told to sit down before being punched, kicked and threatened at gunpoint.

He was handcuffed, hit with an extendable baton, and hit on his bare feet with a wooden stick. The group then subjected the victim to waterboarding, which simulates drowning.

The five, all from Gainsborough, were found guilty of false imprisonment. All four males were also found guilty of assault by occasioning ABH.

Alvaras Sepronas, 44, of Ashcroft Road, was jailed for 18 years. He was also found guilty of possessing firearms with intent to cause fear of violence, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of drugs with intent to supply, possession of a prohibited weapon for discharge of noxious liquid/gas/electrical incapacitation device/thing and possession of prohibited ammunition.

Jurgita Makaroviene, 35, of Ashcroft Road, was jailed for five years. She was also found guilty of possession of drugs with intent to supply.

Egidijus Zukauskas, 44, of Parnell Street, was jailed for 10 years.

Vidas Aleksandravicius, 50, of Parnell Street, was jailed for 10 years. He was also found guilty of imprisonment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of a controlled drug.

Andrivs Svetickas, 27, of Parnell Street, was jailed for seven years. He was also found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of a controlled drug.