Lanarkshire thugs tortured man during nine-hour ordeal after a row over cryptocurrency

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Two Lanarkshire thugs brutally tortured a man after a row over cryptocurrency.Harre Yonis, 30, and Abdullahi Abubakar, 28, put their victim through a horrific nine-hour ordeal at a house in Coatbridge on April 9 last year.Yonis alleged he had been the victim of a "scam" by a friend of the victim.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He later went with a friend to meet her and Yonis.But, days later, an angry Yonis called the victim, claiming to have been "ripped off" when the account was set up.The victim went to the house in Coatbridge to then try and resolve matters.

Both Yonis and Abubakar were among the people there.The pair soon turned on the man, who initially had a rope put around his neck and a large knife held to his face.His hands were bound