Shannon Finau and Duane Aaron Rangihuna plead guilty to roles in Dillon Mancuso kidnapping

A former bikie was held captive for nine hours by a group of people after being dragged from his family home in southwest Sydney. See the shocking image his abductors snapped. Warning: Graphic content.

Details of an early morning abduction have been revealed after two men have pleaded guilty to their involvement in the terrifying kidnapping of a former Lone Wolf bikie.

In pictures obtained by The Daily Telegraph, a bloodied Dillon Mancuso lies prone with duct tape tightly wrapped over his eyes and across his face, just above the tattoo bearing the word ‘unstoppable’ on his neck.

He was taken from his father’s Bringelly home on Jersey Rd about 3am on June 1, by a group of men and held in a warehouse for hours until police surrounded the place and he was freed.

At Campbelltown Local Court on Wednesday, Shannon Finau, now aged 27, pleaded guilty to take and detain in company with the intent to ransom and occasioning actual bodily harm, and specially aggravated break and enter to commit a serious indictable offence.

A charge of tampering with evidence with the intent to mislead a judicial tribunal will also be taken into account during sentencing.

Three other charges were withdrawn by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) following Finau’s pleas.

Duane Aaron Rangihuna, now aged 38, pleaded guilty to take and detain in company with the intent to ransom and occasioning actual bodily harm and accessory before a specially aggravated break and enter.

Charges of possessing ammunition without holding licence or permit and tampering with evidence with the intent to mislead a judicial tribunal will also be taken into account during sentencing.

Four other charges were withdrawn by the DPP following Rangihuna’s pleas.

Both Finau and Rangihuna have been committed for sentence at Campbelltown District Court on October 6. Other men remain before the courts charged over their alleged involvement in the abduction.

DETAILS OF KIDNAPPING EMERGE

Court documents state that Dillon Mancuso had travelled from Western Australia to NSW for a wedding and was staying at his family home in Bringelly.

At 2.57am on June 1, Mr Mancuso and his family were asleep at the residence when two stolen vehicles drove into the front yard.

Seven people alighted and forcefully broke the door open and entered the house while they had their faces covered with clothing, at least two were armed with pistols.

The agreed facts state the group then searched the home for Mr Mancuso, and during the hunt one of them assaulted his father by striking his head with a pistol and another punched him several times.

They also tried to kick down his sister’s bedroom door, but she had locked it while her boyfriend barricaded himself against it.

Dillon Mancuso, a former Lone Wolf bikie, was the victim of the violent kidnapping.

The group found Mr Mancuso in a room and dragged him from his bed where his five-year-old also was sleeping.

According to court documents, as they pulled him from the house, Mr Mancuso managed to break free and tried to escape but the group pursued him and recaptured him, striking his body and causing many injuries.

They fled the scene in the vehicles, while Mr Mancuso’s sister called emergency services.

During the trip between the Mancuso’s home in Bringelly and a warehouse in Revesby, Mr Mancuso’s face was wrapped in duct tape so he couldn’t identify his captors.

The agreed facts state that CCTV footage captures the victim and the kidnappers arrive at 3.25am, where Mr Mancuso was detained for nine hours and members of the group took turns sitting on top of him to restrain him.

The victim told police “they were messaging people in my phone and asking for money and s--t like that … oh stupid s--t like f---ing powerball money … $100 million, s--t like that.”

Pictured is the Revesby factory unit where Mancuso was taken and held.

The kidnappers took photos of the victim with duct tape around his eyes and face clad only in his underwear and sent them to a contact with a ransom demand.

According to court documents, one series of messages read “who are you to him … we want 30 mill worth of cash or product to right his wrongs … spam them to get their attention … after nightfall he‘s going in the hole”.

Mr Mancuso asked them to take the duct tape off due to the pain, and when they replaced it with some fabric he estimated the group to be about 10-strong.

At 8.46am, police arrived at the warehouse and started surveillance, before operatives from the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit contained the scene and called on the occupants to exit.

Pictured are crime scene police at the Revesby factory unit where Mancuso was taken and held.

About 10 minutes later, the victim was sent out the front but eight people remained in the location where three fires were lit within the unit in a bid to destroy evidence.

Once the fires had taken hold of the place, the group left and all were arrested outside. According to the agreed facts, Rangihuna was found in possession of ammunition.

When the fire was put out, police examined the warehouse and found duct tape covering cameras and duct tape, fire lighters, burnt pliers, $75,845 in cash and other burnt items.

Mr Mancuso was taken to hospital suffering bruises, cuts and abrasions.