By Gerard Couzens PUBLISHED: 07:01 EST, 11 June 2012 | UPDATED: 08:43 EST, 11 June 2012 Kidnapped: Sahil Saeed was seized by four armed men while visiting his grandmother's home in Punjab A married couple have been convicted of kidnapping a British boy snatched by an armed gang in Pakistan. Muhammed Zahid Saleem, 36, and his wife Monica Neruja, 26, were jailed for 10 years each by a court in Spain. Four masked men carrying assault rifles and hand grenades seized Sahil Saeed, five, in March 2010 while he was visiting his grandmother's home in Punjab. Saleem and Neruja, who negotiated a £100,000 ransom and travelled to Paris from their home near Barcelona to pick up the cash, were arrested along with a friend following a dramatic police operation spanning four countries.
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Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, was taken while visiting his grandmother in Pakistan in March 2010
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He was snatched by four masked men and found in a field 13 days later
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Muhammed Zahid Saleem, 36, and Monica Neruja, 26, were convicted of his kidnap and each jailed for 10 years
In a 78-page written sentence released today they concluded: 'The accused Muhammed Zahid Saleem and Monica Neruja assumed the role of negotiators for the ransom payment and sent at least part of the money to @placeholder after taking off commission.