GUILTY Canada - SJ, 14, Toronto, 4 Mar 2020 *abducted*

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March 21 2025

Man accused of kidnapping Ontario boy over sibling’s drug debt found guilty | Globalnews.ca

A Mississauga, Ont., man charged with the high-profile kidnapping of a Toronto teen over his half-brother's drug debt in 2020 has been found guilty.

globalnews.ca

''Superior Court Justice Sandra Nishikawa delivered her verdict to Samir Abdelgadir in a downtown Toronto courtroom on Friday. He attended the hearing via Zoom as he was in hospital.'

''Abdelgadir remains out on bail. A pre-sentence report is being ordered, and a sentencing hearing is being scheduled for May.''

 

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Jan. 28, 2026

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/do-u-want-the-fingers-crown-asks-for-16-year-sentence-in-kidnapping-of-

toronto/article_4f575372-999c-4722-a71c-e34d81d37c45.html

The Brampton barn where the boy was ultimately located.
Ontario Superior Court exhibit
By Jacques GallantCourts and Justice Reporter
''After being abducted outside his home on his way to school, a 14-year-old boy couldn’t shake the thought that he was “one step away from death.”
The boy, whose identity is covered by a publication ban, was kidnapped in a high-profile March 2020 incident outside his North York apartment building in retaliation for his half-brother stealing 90 kilograms of cocaine from his drug dealer employers. ''

Samir Abdelgadir was convicted last year of kidnapping.
Toronto Police Service
''In a victim impact statement read out Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for one of his kidnappers — the only man to ever be convicted in the plot — the boy said his childhood memories have been forever tainted by “this atrocity.”

 

[Rikissa]

MANDEL: Teen kidnapped over brother's drug rip feared he was going to die

The Grade 9 student was snatched on his way to school as leverage to have his half-brother return $4 million in stolen cocaine.

torontosun.com

 

[Rikissa]

An opinion article from 28 January 2026:

MANDEL: Teen kidnapped over brother's drug rip feared he was going to die

The Grade 9 student was snatched on his way to school as leverage to have his half-brother return $4 million in stolen cocaine.

torontosun.com