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A woman who lost part of her arm - four inches above the wrist - when she was thrown from a car is continuing to recover in hospital.A woman who lost part of her arm - four inches above the wrist - when she was thrown from a car is continuing to recover in hospital.
Gillian Gilchrist, 29, from Ibrox, Glasgow, was found stumbling on the M8 near Paisley.Gillian Gilchrist, 29, from Ibrox, Glasgow, was found stumbling on the M8 near Paisley.
The man who found her said it was the "most horrific thing" he had ever seen.The man who found her said it was the "most horrific thing" he had ever seen.
Ms Gilchrist, a prostitute, was thrown from the car on Arkleston Road on Sunday at 0150 BST after she was picked up in Glasgow's red light district.Ms Gilchrist, a prostitute, was thrown from the car on Arkleston Road on Sunday at 0150 BST after she was picked up in Glasgow's red light district.
She then stumbled 100 yards across a field and onto the westbound M8.She then stumbled 100 yards across a field and onto the westbound M8.
I just pray this is the wake-up call she needs - we will all be there to help her Stepmother Anne GilchristI just pray this is the wake-up call she needs - we will all be there to help her Stepmother Anne Gilchrist
The man who found her was travelling in a taxi and does not want to be named.The man who found her was travelling in a taxi and does not want to be named.
He told BBC Scotland: "Suddenly the taxi brakes and there was this woman in the road. She was covered in blood.He told BBC Scotland: "Suddenly the taxi brakes and there was this woman in the road. She was covered in blood.
"I ran to help her and called 999 and tried to get her off the motorway, it was then I noticed she had no arm."I ran to help her and called 999 and tried to get her off the motorway, it was then I noticed she had no arm.
"It was the most horrific thing I have ever seen, I put my jacket around her and gave her first aid.""It was the most horrific thing I have ever seen, I put my jacket around her and gave her first aid."
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Detectives said Ms Gilchrist had got into a dark coloured car with a man in Holm Street at Wellington Street, in the heart of the red light district.Detectives said Ms Gilchrist had got into a dark coloured car with a man in Holm Street at Wellington Street, in the heart of the red light district.
He drove to Arkleston Road near to Arkleston Cemetery, on the outskirts of Paisley, where he threw her from the car.He drove to Arkleston Road near to Arkleston Cemetery, on the outskirts of Paisley, where he threw her from the car.
Doctors were unable to reconnect her arm and she is in a stable condition in Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital.Doctors were unable to reconnect her arm and she is in a stable condition in Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Her sister Debbie, 21, told the Scottish Sun: "I don't understand why someone would want to do that to a lassie.Her sister Debbie, 21, told the Scottish Sun: "I don't understand why someone would want to do that to a lassie.
"In a way Gillian is lucky because she could well be dead."In a way Gillian is lucky because she could well be dead.
"She has a second chance - I'll take her in and try and straighten her out.""She has a second chance - I'll take her in and try and straighten her out."
Her stepmother Anne Gilchrist, 45, told the newspaper: "We have tried so hard to get her off the streets.Her stepmother Anne Gilchrist, 45, told the newspaper: "We have tried so hard to get her off the streets.
"I just pray this is the wake-up call she needs - we will all be there to help her.""I just pray this is the wake-up call she needs - we will all be there to help her."
Street workers' groups have reissued safety advice to prostitutes. The Daily Record Glasgow PM has offered a £10,000 reward for information leading the arrest and conviction of the attacker.
Meanwhile street workers' groups have reissued safety advice to prostitutes.
Anne Wallace, of the Salt and Light Ministry, said: "If you need to do it, please be safe and make sure someone takes registration numbers.Anne Wallace, of the Salt and Light Ministry, said: "If you need to do it, please be safe and make sure someone takes registration numbers.
"Make sure someone knows exactly who you are going with and you don't make yourself vulnerable, and you work inside the camera system rather than outwith it.""Make sure someone knows exactly who you are going with and you don't make yourself vulnerable, and you work inside the camera system rather than outwith it."