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A man accused of helping a builder kidnap two women lied to police because he "panicked", a court has heard.
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Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones said the defendant had been "forced" into changing his initial account only after telephone evidence exposed his lies
Mr Emlyn Jones told Mr Tappu such evidence "proves you were that second kidnapper".
He admitted telling lies during his police interviews because he "was worried" and "panicked" - but said he eventually told the truth.
Mr Tappu told jurors he went to meet his co-defendant in the area of the alleged kidnap to collect money he was owed for labouring work.
He said he had gone home without seeing Mr Arshid after waiting in his car for about two hours.
He told jurors he "smoked a joint," used his iPad, and "nodded off" for a while.
Mr Tappu, from Acton, said the only conversations he had with Mr Arshid around the time in question related to building work, his health, and a proposed plan to grow cannabis.
He denied being known as Jay - which prosecutors said was his nickname, heard by the surviving woman during the kidnap.
Prosecutor Mr Emlyn Jones told Mr Tappu he had "been roped into committing an appallingly serious criminal offence" and "now the net is tightening around you".
Mr Tappu said he was being "implicated" by his co-accused.
"I'm nothing like Mujahid," he added.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42926297
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Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones said the defendant had been "forced" into changing his initial account only after telephone evidence exposed his lies
Mr Emlyn Jones told Mr Tappu such evidence "proves you were that second kidnapper".
He admitted telling lies during his police interviews because he "was worried" and "panicked" - but said he eventually told the truth.
Mr Tappu told jurors he went to meet his co-defendant in the area of the alleged kidnap to collect money he was owed for labouring work.
He said he had gone home without seeing Mr Arshid after waiting in his car for about two hours.
He told jurors he "smoked a joint," used his iPad, and "nodded off" for a while.
Mr Tappu, from Acton, said the only conversations he had with Mr Arshid around the time in question related to building work, his health, and a proposed plan to grow cannabis.
He denied being known as Jay - which prosecutors said was his nickname, heard by the surviving woman during the kidnap.
Prosecutor Mr Emlyn Jones told Mr Tappu he had "been roped into committing an appallingly serious criminal offence" and "now the net is tightening around you".
Mr Tappu said he was being "implicated" by his co-accused.
"I'm nothing like Mujahid," he added.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42926297
), any defendant shown to be such a liar and completely without regret or regard for their abominable acts would incur a higher sentence for such an obviously devious. lying attempt at evidence. 
