Carjacker dragged delivery driver down the road in her own vehicle after demanding 'I want your car'
Angela Johnson, 53, says she was in the middle of a working shift in Wattsville, near Caerphilly, South Wales, when a man approached her blue Audi A1 and said 'I want your car'.
The suspect is then said to have opened the driver's side of the unlocked vehicle, before removing her from it after a 'back and forth' tussle during the incident on August 10.
Ms Johnson said she tried to wrestle the door back open, but her attempts were unsuccessful and the alleged thief quickly sped off.
Recalling the ordeal, Ms Johnson said: 'He jumped in my car seat, shoved me out of the way and slammed the door.
'He fought back and forth with the door. Next thing he drove off high speed and took me with him a little bit of the way and I was on the floor.'
Ms Johnson, who also works as a cleaner, said she was terrified as the incident unfolded, adding: 'I couldn't do anything because I didn't have anything - he took everything: my phone, my car and my handbag.'
Neighbours called the police and rushed to assist Ms Johnson, who was able to track the location of her phone half and hour after it was taken.
Police found the abandoned car empty with many of her possessions missing, including equipment from her cleaning job.
Angela said: 'I'm not coping very well, I'm not sleeping, I'm just walking around in circles because I don't know what to do.
'He doesn't know what he's done. He's not worth my breath. I'd call him a scumbag if I saw him because that's what he is.'
Urging anyone with information to come forward, a Gwent Police spokesman said: 'An unknown man is alleged to have entered the unlocked blue Audi A1 and driven away.
'Officers attended and located the car in St John's Terrace, Crosskeys, at around 10.50pm. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.'
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