{"id":484199,"date":"2026-02-16T19:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/484199\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:15:11","slug":"sydney-police-plead-for-return-of-man-85-kidnapped-by-mistake-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/484199\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney police plead for return of man, 85, kidnapped by mistake &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5PYWp6U1RWeXZac2wzM005bGEydjdHVTVCRjNBczRVNGgxWFNqb2lmek1tUzBZc3RkN2RtRjBaaWhnSzE5ZHlRVmxqQ2FDTUR5VXZDVExQT19LQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sydney police plead for return of man, 85, kidnapped by mistake<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQaWtxOE9kZk1HR0xUUEl3SU9KMWwxWlNmd2I0THNZRzZlOVd1VHEtNFJfU1VtOHNYNHBlbXRvNEdRcDh2bWxjY1hxRThOQnZTRjkzU0luSUZsMDgxQ251RVA3bTRTRkFScm92a091YWxKY3dhMU5oMUtwNXJXeEM5MmtVMkF0elJ6WlBUSlJ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police make &#8216;very strange&#8217; appeal for return of kidnapped 85yo Sydney man<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNVVVGb0FfQmlsMXFqNDAzNHo1a2JCeHJpaGVoa1NfeGhjaWVyU1d4WU83ZmNCY2R4QUpBYUI3VWhBbVVfLVc3V0o3dVVaLW1ZdHdyT1BkMWltcnU4MF9HdDdka0ZXQklwaFVnNml2LUs0TWxWTkt4RElfbWtCSklCZ1VnU1hMVl81bmZJU2hjcno2QU93MmpubUxua1pQS2JrN0M1TUhaa1lZQWV1QkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kidnappers should return man, 85, abducted by mistake to \u2018a shopping centre\u2019, NSW premier says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxNekFjc05ac1RtMmZkM2dqb2txX2VsY2hVSzRQWlhnVTAwSVltaGZxRnZ4Sl9GMDhTdjhQeE1DWTFjTEtzX0d5UXpxaVdyX2l4UXBHaGxxQ2RsWnhacmxQdGNjZjZvRDI1OXA2bkZXX0ItUXZxd0VaamhEcDJSMkpqcW9mb1NrLXMxT0YwdVhoZnJrR184Z09GSnlPVVI5bm13b0JJSGp5MHNneTZKLXVDUWpwZGhFX1BDakloOTRKeENOb1hQVlhOTjBLNUctdzN6OUFlc1psanRfaU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elderly kidnapped man probably alive as \u2018distressing\u2019 hostage videos emerge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxQcHlXcVkxMWlQa1lBcFZfeHgzdlFOVHM5QVRkMW45OWZodGFuR1Z2QUZ1RGVCYTRvS2p0WVBDaVB4WkdkNVZ6RG4wVGtBbFJMR0NXNU5PSldvTmZkbzJtdEprZmZhTlFfc3c1ZlByUllZay1iSTVqbk9fd0NlWi1Bc1VDMERTa1pncFRjaU1vQ2JyZUNyQlNUSlBkZ3l1cUpFdl92WWZCUXJGRGs5RjFmMkQ0MFYxMUR6NnA0VVFqMEE2SW1mUjNJMkczNmFqYy1xbVpQT1hJRDFFRUVxQjRpYlF4SFBJdE9Ecnl2emRHZjFhZWM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police plan to find grandfather kidnapped in shocking mistaken identity case<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;dailytelegraph.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney police plead for return of man, 85, kidnapped by mistake&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCPolice make &#8216;very strange&#8217; appeal for return of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-484199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}