In short, he looked like a man trussed up and carried before the camera to tell his family that his kidnappers were treating him well.

Lady Augusta Drear was no doubt being carried ashore, trussed up like a parcel.

With his hands and legs trussed up and his mouth gagged, Rwanda’s most prominent dissident was relieved when after two days in detention, his blindfold was finally taken off.

An entire pig, trussed and cooked, its mouth open and stuffed with some kind of fruit.

Shaukeen alleges that his friend was beaten to death by a group of Hindu men after they spotted a cow trussed up in the back of the car.