**Four German pensioners have been found guilty of kidnapping the financial adviser they blamed for US property investments that went awry.**The court found that the four, aged 61 to 80, abducted James Amburn and tried to force him to refund 2.5m euros (£2.25m; $3.4m) in lost investments.
They took him from his home in western Germany and drove him 450km (280 miles) to southern Bavaria.
He was freed after hiding a message to call police in a fax to his Swiss bank.
The defendants had argued that they had invited Mr Amburn for a short holiday in upper Bavaria.
But the judge in Traunstein, Bavaria, ruled that it was a “spectacular case of self-justice” and that in Germany, people could not take the law into their own hands.
They were found guilty of crimes ranging from kidnapping to grievous bodily harm.