Joshua Barry, Reon Gardiner and Aaron Davies found guilty of involvement in abduction of Micaela Jennings

A jury has found a ringleader and his accomplices guilty over a revenge plan to abduct a woman off the street, stuff her in a car boot and bash her.

A man fuelled by revenge involved accomplices in his sinister plan to abduct a woman, stuff her in a boot and bash her, a court has heard.

Joshua Barry, 34, Reon Gardiner, 42, and Aaron Davies, 31, were found guilty by a jury in the Adelaide District Court of their involvement in the terrifying hostage ordeal.

Rob Walker, for the prosecution, told the court in his opening statement earlier this month Micaela Jennings, 29, had spent an evening with Barry in November 2019, prior to the alleged offending.

“She waited until Mr Barry fell asleep before taking his keys and stealing his car,” he said.

Barry reported his car stolen to the police but asked them not to take any action against the alleged victim.

“That was not because he thought nothing of his car being stolen … but instead took matters into his own hands,” Mr Walker said.

Mr Walker read out a series of alleged text messages between Scott Harrison, 36, and Barry in the days before the alleged offending.

Harrison: “Any luck on that gutter rat?”

Barry: “Not yet”.

Harrison: “Won’t be long, her days are numbered”.

Harrison then texted Barry on December 6, 2019.

“This little gutter rat is hard to find, just keep missing her,” he wrote.

“I’ve got a mate going to jump on the Gawler train soon, I think she will be heading North.

“Will put mutt in the boot and bring her to you”.

The next day Harrison messaged Barry saying: “the mutt took the bait, we’ll see if today is the day”.

Ms Jennings took the train with Davies on December 7, 2019, unknowingly shadowed by Harrison, after Davies sent her a message saying: “Let’s meet up, take drugs and have sex”.

When they got off the train at Exeter, a car driven by Mathew Pirri, 40, pulled up next to her.

Harrison sprayed Ms Jennings with pepper spray and repeatedly hit her, before shoving her in the car.

Mathew Pirri. Photo: Facebook

Scott Harrison. Photo: Facebook

Mr Walker said they delivered Ms Jennings to Barry who placed her in the boot of his car bound up in duct tape and brought her to Stewart’s house.

“Mr Stewart punched Ms Jennings so hard that he fractured her skull,” he said.

Mr Walker said Barry then messaged Gardiner saying “I have the Queen, need to clean her up”, before driving to his Victor Harbor house and forcing her to stay the night.

Reon Gardiner. Photo: Facebook

The next day Barry drove her to her boyfriend’s storage shed at Port Adelaide, threatened her with a shotgun and told her to steal his belongings.

Mr Walker said Barry then “ultimately lost his nerve” and dropped her off at her mother’s house.

After deliberating, the jury unanimously found Davies, of no fixed address, and Barry, of Newport, guilty of false imprisonment and causing harm and Gardiner, of Hindmarsh Island, guilty of false imprisonment.

Their co-accused, Harrison, of Taperoo, and Pirri, of Two Wells, previously pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and causing harm with intent while Stewart, of Littlehampton, pleaded guilty to causing harm reckless as to whether harm was caused.

The men will face sentencing submissions at a later date.