Woman escapes after being forced into car
A woman was dragged into a car as she walked along Retreat Road, in Avonside, on Sunday evening. Detective Senior-Ser-geant John Doyle said the woman managed to free herself and jump from the slow-moving car. The woman was walking along Retreat Road towards Swanns Road about 6.40 p.m. when a man in an older Datsun 1200 car pulled alongside and offered her a lift. She declined.
“He went away but obviously kept watching her,” said Detective Senior-Sergeant Doyle. The woman, aged 30, had just reached the bridge at Swanns Road when the car, with its lights out, drove in front of her, forcing her to stop walking. The man, a part-Maori, aged in his late 20s, got out and grabbed her. He put her in a head-lock and forced her into the car. He hit her and made indecent suggestions as he
moved off slowly in the car.
Just past the bridge she leapt free and managed to kick a car panel before she hid. The man was of average height, solid build with black shoulder-length hair and a black moustache.
He had three gold sleeper ear-rings in his right ear. The man was well-spoken and dressed in jeans, a sweatshirt and leather jacket. The car was dark blue and in rough condition.
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Press, 16 May 1989, Page 9
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