Shocking footage emerges of Sydney kidnapping - in man's brazen plot to make his brother-in-law divorce his sister

The moment a terrified Sydney man was kidnapped and forced to divorce his wife under Islamic law has been released on video, as his brazen attackers wait for sentencing. 

In January, the four kidnappers travelled from Melbourne to Guildford in Sydneys west and captured 25-year-old Younis Younis.

Kodar Faytrouni initiated the plot because he believed Younis, his brother-in-law, had only married his sister to obtain an Australian visa.

One of the kidnappers filmed the offence. The footage, played in Parramatta District Court on Thursday, appeared to show them manhandling Younis in his family home, and then holding him in a headlock as they drove him away. 

They shouted in Arabic while a visibly frightened Younis tried to resist, The Daily Telegraph reported.

A neighbour had seen Younis being dragged out of his home and piled into a BMW. They called police and a specialist gang squad team immediately swung into action. 

The group drove Younis to another property in Guildford before, several hours later, police spotted the BMW on the move again and pulled it over, foiling the kidnapping.

Faytrouni, Abud Elkerdi, Safwan Hussein and Ali Hamad all pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges. 

Footage showed Safwan Hussein holding Younis in a headlock while he was driven away

Four men pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges after police tracked them down (one of the men is pictured left)

A fifth alleged kidnapper, Imad Fatrouni, pleaded not guilty to kidnapping charges and will stand trial in April. 

It was Hamad who filmed the footage on his phone, which showed Hussein holding Younis in a headlock while Kodar Faytrouni sat next to him in the car. 

Before sentencing on Thursday, Faytrounis lawyer argued his client had a low IQ and was unable to problem solve. 

But Judge Stephen Hanley said Faytrouni had initiated the offence because he didnt accept that his sister wanted to marry Younis.

It shows a complete failure to allow this woman to select who she wants to have as her partner, the judge reportedly said. 

Judge Hanley also refused to accept that Faytrounis role in the kidnapping was below the mid-range of objective seriousness. 

They seem to be able to find him, break into his house, extract him from his house, assault him in the car, force him to make a divorce according to Islamic law while his partner listens on the phone with a distressed condition, and you want to say this is below mid-range?

Faytrouni had been capable of planning the crime and recruiting his friends, the judge said.

Video also appeared to show the kidnappers manhandling Younis in his family home

Hes the one who started it, hes the one who recruited and yet Im supposed to accept hes got some sort of intellectual disability, that hes incapable of doing any of this, is that right? 

Elkerdis defence argued that he, too, had a low IQ and relied on his wife to get dressed - however, the judge also questioned that claim. 

Too intellectually disabled to plan anything, its extraordinary.

Elkerdi and Faytrouni were due to be sentenced on Thursday, but the date was put off after Elkerdi collapsed during the lunch adjournment. 

The 38-year-old was taken to Westmead Hospital due to chest pains, his lawyer said. 

The two men will appear in court again on December 20. The cases of Hamad and Hussein have been adjourned until December 13.