A man was kidnapped from a sex worker’s home, threatened with a gun and forced to request £150 from his wife, jurors heard.

Lloyd Williams, from Margate, stands trial at Canterbury Crown Court this week for kidnap, robbery and possession of an imitation firearm.

The 54-year-old forced Boyko Stoyanov into his car and threatened to shoot him if he didn’t pay £150, prosecutors said.

But Williams is expected to deny there was ever a request for money, threat of violence or use of an imitation firearm, jurors heard.

Mr Stoyanov said in January he paid the woman £30 for sex at an address in Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate, and left.

Days later he fell asleep at the property but woke the next morning with Williams, who was with another female, demanding £100 and brandishing a gun, he said.

Mr Stoyanov explained he didn't have sex with the woman but woke to find Williams, her and another female taking drugs.

He then offered to buy the woman a wrap for £30 when the situation turned sinister, jurors heard.

“I gave her my card and said go to the cash machine, she went there and said you don’t have money on the card.

“When she came back the guy said now you owe me £100,” he said.

“(Williams) said you have to (give me the money), I’m going to kill all your family, I know where you live,” Mr Stoyanov said.

“I said ‘why do I have to pay you £100?’

“He said you are using my time - he said ‘I’m going to kill your family.”

'Mr Stoyanov flagged down the police, he was with his wife and his account was not quite the same as a statement he gave without his wife being there...'

Mr Stoyanov said Williams then demanded £150 while holding a “black pistol” to his head and forced him into a car.

Williams, the two women and Mr Stoyanov then travelled to his home where his wife handed over the money, he explained.

“He got into the car and they drove back to his home address so he could get money for the defendant to satisfy the demands that were made,” prosecutor Daniel Cohen explained.

“Mr Stoyanov flagged down the police, he was with his wife and his account was not quite the same as a statement he gave without his wife being there,” the barrister added.

Represented by Paul Hogben, Williams, of High Street in Margate, denies kidnap, robbery and possessing an imitation firearm.

He is yet to argue his case.

The trial continues.

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