Images have imposed the moment a young woman was forced to fight a Balaclava-clad stranger who tried to take her off the street.
The moving clip shows Cameron Boxall, 22, who tries to drag his victim of the street in the suburb of Hove, near Brighton in the UK, in a stolen car before he drives away.
The 20-year-old Brit shouted “no, no, no” repeatedly before kicking her attacker while he pulled her in the backseat of a mini-cooper, who ran away while her legs were still hanging out the door.
She kept trying to fight Boxall and hit him until he finally kicked her out of the car. She was then helped by a passer -by who found her in a shock state.
‘Did not deserve what happened’
Boxall has now been imprisoned for five years after a hearing at Hove Crown Court on Friday after he had admitted that he had abducted the woman, stealing a car and possessing marijuana, according to the BBC.
He also received an unlimited limiting order against his victim.
In a statement, the victim of Boxall stated that she felt that she “had lost her freedom,” and added: “I have trouble understanding the level of violence that he was using against me and I feel lucky that I still live”.
“I had bruises and scratches on my back, arms and legs from where he threw me out of the car, and a huge lump on my head,” she added.
“What happened has changed the way I look at the world. I did nothing wrong and did not deserve what happened to me.”
The attempted kidnapping
The court heard that Boxall, then 21, rode in Hove in Hove in the early hours of 5 August 2024 and changed his number plates with that of a car nearby.
He then got out of the car after he selected his victim and asked the woman who was a local for instructions.
“He had already identified her as his intended victim. The mini was positioned to block her route. He called her,” said Justice Gareth Burrows officer.
“He said,” Pardon, I’m a little lost, I’m looking for Brunswick Place, can you help me? “
“His intention was to pull her up close. He got out of the car and said,” Step in the F *** ING car “.”
After a struggle, she was pulled in the back seat and drove away while repeatedly tried to close the door and hit her legs several times.
“He pushed her out of the moving vehicle and she was found on the floor in a shock state,” the public prosecutor explained.
Boxall claimed in court that he intended to rob the young woman to arrange a drug debt.
Her handbag was discovered untouched on the footpath where the incident took place.
‘Dangerous Predator’
Detective Jack Sagar, from the Major Crime team of Surrey and Sussex, called Boxsall a “dangerous, violent perpetrator”.
“(He is a) dangerous predator who hunted a young woman who ran home innocently and spent her through a horrible, disturbing test where she feared for her life,” he said.
“We praise her for the enormous power and courage that she shown during the incident and during our subsequent investigation.”
In 2023-24The police in England registered 7,277 abductions of abductions.
For comparison: Australia saw 501 Included kidnapping victims in 2023.
