Case against three New Cross Hospital kidnap accused is dropped
The case against three people accused of conspiring with a nurse to kidnap a child from Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital has been dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Edris Sahabzada, aged 44, Abrahim Sahabzada, aged 40, and Zahra Sahebzadeh, aged 38, were all previously charged with an offence of conspiracy to kidnap at the city's crown court.
A hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court was told that the case against these three defendants, all of Upper Vauxhall, has now been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service due to "lack of evidence".
However, the case against accused student nurse Safia Ihmadei, who denies an offence of conspiracy to kidnap and an offence of attempted kidnap, is continuing. She is due to stand trial in August.
The case relates to an alleged incident which took place at the hospital between February 12 and 14.
Ihmadei, aged 36, was arrested at the hospital after officers were called to the site following an incident.