Belfast ‘knife attack victim’ was held hostage & tortured by vicious drug gang in Scots flat before cop rescue operation

A MAN who was attacked in a suspected attempted beheading in Belfast was previously tortured at a flat in Scotland.

Stephen Ogilvie, 44, was allegedly set upon by Sudanese asylum seeker Hadi Alodid on Monday night.

It is understood that he suffered “significant injuries” following the alleged blade attack.

Mr Ogilvie, who was born in Northern Ireland and previously moved to Scotland, was attacked at a property in Livingston in 2001.

At the time, he was staying with drug dealer David McLeave.

The brute, then aged 21, gave Mr Ogilvie the date rape drug GBH and placed a lit cigarette between his toes.

McLeave then removed Mr Ogilvie’s clothes, before dousing him in aftershave and setting him alight.

The victim woke up to find his head and groin on fire and the sickening incident was recorded on video.

After fleeing back to his homeland, Mr Ogilvie later told authorities that he feared for his life after he was forced into a car by McLeave’s associates Barry and Paul Campbell.

The thug was caged for 14 years in April 2003 at the High Court in Edinburgh.

His accomplices Paul Campbell, then aged 20, Thomas Irvine, 21, Edward Lindsay, 23, and Lee Kingham, 21, were jailed for drug offences.

Barry Campbell, then aged 21, was also sentenced to six years in prison for his part in abducting Mr Ogilvie and possessing a rifle without a license.

The criminal gang claimed to be linked to the Belfast wing of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary organisation.

At the time, Lord Hardie said the case highlighted “the evil associated with the trade in controlled drugs”.

He told the court: “The lives of many people were adversely affected by the actions of this gang from Northern Ireland who sought to try and control the drug trade in the Calders area of Edinburgh and, to do so, took over the lives and homes of the people who lived there.”

Mr Ogilvie lost his left eye in the street horror on Monday evening.

He also suffered severe damage to his right eye as well as injuries to his neck and back.

Alodid has been detained after appearing at court charged with attempted murder, possession of an article with a blade in a public place and threats to kill.

The incident led to widespread protests and in Glasgow city centre a demonstration sparked unrest.

Three men, two aged 18 and one 31-year-old, were charged after five people were injured, including two cops.