The First High Profile Kidnapping for Ransom

Muriel Mackay was kidnapped from her home in London on January 14, 2011. The kidnapper demanded a million pound ransom for her safe return. Her husband Alec made several attempts to contact his wife's captor. His first attempt failed when he could not get through as the phone line was busy. After four days of silence m three phoned again and said that if alec did not cooperate with him she would be disposed of. M three then toldAlec: 'I can't give you what i haven't got' He went on to demand two instalments of half-a-million pounds each. A third call came five days later but this time Alec