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At 9.40am, his mother received a call. She was told “I have your son”. O’Shea took the phone and pretended to be Bazil Thorne, when the kidnapper demanded payment of £25,000 before 5pm.
“If you don’t get the money,” he threatened, “I’ll feed the boy to the sharks.” O’Shea expressed doubt that he could get hold of the large sum, apparently unaware of extensive media coverage about Bazil Thorne’s £100,000 win in the Opera House Lottery on June 1.
Media reports on the large win in the 10th lottery draw included the Thornes’ names, address and revealed that the Bondi travelling salesman would receive his prize by July 7. The kidnapper phoned the Thorne home again at 9.47pm, when a different police officer answered.
The kidnapper gave instructions that the money was to be put in two paper bags, but hung up abruptly without leaving further instructions.
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