HOW SENTENCE WAS DETERMINED

FOR the kidnap, Bowskill was sentenced to three years and three months.

For controlling and coercive behaviour, he received two years, to be served consecutively.

For perverting the course of justice, two years and three months, also consecutively.

The judge said he took into account Bowskill’s age, because he is not yet classed as an adult until he turns 21 in April, when he will be transferred to an adult prison or wing.

He would have got a longer sentence had he been older, but the judge took into account his “immaturity”.

He said that there was “some merit” in Bowskill’s barrister

Robin Howat describing him “as a little boy in man’s shoes”.

At the sentencing, the judge said: “Were it not for the kidnapping, Angel Lynn wouldn’t have been in the van, in which there was a high state of tension, travelling along the A6 at between 60 and 70mph and wouldn’t have been in a position where she exited the van with devastating consequences.

“None of that would have befallen her had you not kidnapped her in the first place.

“The ultimate consequences cannot be ignored. It must also be set against the background of many months of controlling and coercive behaviour.”

Regarding perverting the course of justice, the judge told Bowskill: “You were selfishly obsessed with your own predicament and made desperate efforts to try to persuade your mother to retract her police statement.

“Your mother comes out of this with no credit. It was disgraceful conduct with her giving lying evidence in court about Angel and the police.

“You should be ashamed of your vile and demeaning conduct towards your mother, seeking to get her to perjure herself, because it was you who brought her to this very low ebb.

“It strikes at the heart of the criminal justice system.”