Three men have been charged with kidnap and actual bodily harm after a teenage boy was kidnapped in Old Kent Road on Friday afternoon.
They are 33-year-old John Holloway of Long Lane SE1, 21-year-old Khalid Mustapha from Tottenham and 21-year-old Tarkan Tepe of Abbey Street SE1.
The men appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court on Monday and were remanded in custody to appear at Woolwich Crown Court on 24 February.
A fourth man arrested on Friday in Enfield has been released on bail.
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