Boxer Ethan Lynch granted home detention bail over alleged violent kidnapping

A boxer and his accomplices kidnapped a man and tortured him for hours - including attacking him with a bat and setting fire to his hair with a blow torch - police will allege.

A father and his accomplices held a man hostage in a car and assaulted him for hours, including setting fire to his hair with a blow torch, police will allege.

Ethan Joseph Lynch, 32, applied for home detention bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday, charged with the violent hostage situation.

A prosecutor said they were opposed to any form of bail.

The court heard Mr Lynch and his co-accused, Vincent Tai Waretini, 29, attended at the alleged victim’s Hope Valley home on June 10 around 8pm.

Mr Waretini confronted the alleged victim, who was known to him and there was a verbal altercation.

Star Group officers surrounded a house in Adelaide's north hunting wanted man Vincent Waretini after the alleged kidnapping in Hope Valley. Photo: 10NewsFirst Adelaide

Vincent Waretini was a wanted person after the alleged kidnapping. Picture: 10NewsFirst Adelaide

“The complainant was essentially coerced to get in the car with Mr Lynch, Mr Waretini and another unknown male,” the prosecutor said.

The court heard the group drove around for a couple of hours with the alleged victim in the back seat with Mr Lynch.

“During this time the complainant was assaulted by Mr Lynch,” the prosecutor said.

The court heard the assaults involved the alleged victim being put in a headlock, punched to the face and hit with the end of a baseball bat.

The prosecutor said he was also threatened to be stabbed with a knife.

“At some point a blow torch device was put on his hair and some of his hair caught fire,” the prosecutor said.

“Mr Lynch also tried to use a spray can to spray the complainant’s face.”

The alleged victim was eventually able to escape from the car and get assistance from police.

After a manhunt for Mr Waretini he was arrested in July and remains in custody.

Mr Lynch, of Para Hills, and Mr Waretini, of Munno Para West, are charged with aggravated kidnapping and multiple counts of assault.

Vincent Waretini. Photo: Facebook

Ethan Joseph Lynch.

They are yet to enter pleas.

Mr Lynch represented an Adelaide gym in several boxing bouts.

Stacey Carter, for Mr Lynch, told the court he had no criminal convictions and had significant family support, as well as being the father to a one-year-old child.

The court heard Mr Lynch had no drug or alcohol problems and his mother could act as a guarantor.

Magistrate Simon Smart granted Mr Lynch home detention bail and adjourned the charges until December.