Four men have been found guilty of kidnapping and killing a father after £1 million of counterfeit cigarettes he helped smuggle into Britain were seized.Tomasz Samel, 45, was snatched in 2019 in Birmingham by three men claiming to be from Interpol, before being driven to the Liverpool area and then set on fire 'to teach him a lesson'. A six-week trial was told father-of-two Mr Samel, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant, was dumped in a remote location in Lancashire and died in hospital almost three months later. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court deliberated for more than 11 hours before unanimously convicting Neil Jones and Tobiasz Kozlowski of Mr Samel's murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.Co-defendants Kevin Wooden and Kye Arthur were cleared of murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm but were found guilty of manslaughter.Wooden, 46, of Alma Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire; Arthur, 35, of Copley Gardens, Bristol; Jones, 48, of no fixed address; and Kozlowski, 38, of Crosland Road, Kirkby, Merseyside, were remanded in custody for sentence on October 9.Kozlowski's wife, Sandra Kozlowska, 38, and also of Crosland Road, Kirkby, was found guilty of assisting an offender by helping him to avoid detection by police.She was bailed and will also be sentenced on October 9. Father-of-two Tomasz Samel, 45, was kidnapped and tortured o 'teach him a lesson' after £1m of counterfeit cigarettes were seized. He died in hospital almost three months later Pictured left to right: Kye Arthur, Neil Jones, Tobias Kozlowski, and Kevin WoodenOpening the Crown's case in June, prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC said Mr Samel was kidnapped from his home in Raleigh Close, Handsworth, at about 8.35am on March 27, 2019.Mr Sandhu told the court: 'After he was kidnapped, he was falsely imprisoned – he was placed in a white Peugeot Boxer van and he was driven to Merseyside.'In Merseyside he was tortured and he was caused really serious harm.'As part of that torture his body was set on fire.'After he was subjected to that torture, his body is likely to have been dumped in a remote rural location.'Miraculously he was able to walk to the home of strangers who saw the state he was in and who called for an ambulance.'During his opening speech to jurors, Mr Sandhu said Mr Samel was given water after knocking at the door of a property near Bickerstaffe at 11.10pm on March 27.Mr Samel was taken to Whiston Hospital in Prescot but died on June 21 2019 as a result of his injuries.He is believed to have been naked and in a seated position when he was set alight.Alleging that Wooden and Arthur were two of three men who went to Raleigh Close in the van, Mr Sandhu told the trial: 'Tomasz Samel was not an angel but he did not deserve to be tortured and to be killed.'Jones and Kozlowski were alleged by the Crown to have been present when Mr Samel was tortured and set on fire, while Wooden and Arthur were 'recruited' to become part of the planning, Mr Sandhu told the court.Mr Samel's killing was linked to the seizure of illicit and counterfeit cigarettes which had been smuggled into the UK from Poland, the prosecutor also said.The victim had a unit in Elkington Street, Aston, Birmingham, the court heard, where HM Revenue and Customs had seized cigarettes on February 22 2019.Sandra Kozlowska was told by trial judge Mr Justice Wall that the fact she was being granted bail was not an indication that she would not go to prison when she is sentenced.Kozlowski and Jones pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to falsely imprison before the trial began. Jones had also admitted manslaughter.Wooden and Arthur admitted conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to falsely imprison. Mr Samel was abducted from his home by men posing as Interpol officers. The kidnappers arrived in a white vanCommenting on the inquiry, Kate Seal, from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said: 'This was a brutal attack on a man who was kidnapped from his own home and subjected to horrendous violence.'The CPS worked closely with West Midlands Police throughout this lengthy and complex investigation to pursue lines of inquiry and build a case using forensic, digital and witness evidence.'Our thoughts remain with Mr Samel's family, who have endured unimaginable suffering, including witnessing his abduction from their family home. I hope these verdicts provide some measure of closure and reassurance that justice has been achieved.'