Prosecutors allege Mr Samel was then driven to the Liverpool area, attacked, doused in petrol, and set alight following the loss of 10 million cigarettes worth around £1 million that had been seized by HM Revenue and Customs. Opening the Crown's case in June, prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC told jurors that Mr Samel was later abandoned in a remote location near Bickerstaffe in Lancashire. Jones has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, conspiracy to kidnap, and conspiracy to falsely imprison. Kozlowski also denies conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to falsely imprison. Jones, Wooden, and Arthur have admitted conspiracy to falsely imprison and conspiracy to kidnap.