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A heroin addict who kidnapped a disabled woman at knifepoint from a hospital car park has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.A heroin addict who kidnapped a disabled woman at knifepoint from a hospital car park has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
Matthew Mordecai, 24, of Cardiff, admitted kidnapping and robbing Ann Dykes, 57, at Cardiff Crown Court. Matthew Mordecai, 24, of Llanedeyrn in the city, admitted kidnapping and robbing Ann Dykes, 57, at Cardiff Crown Court.
He got into Mrs Dykes' car at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff in April and forced her to drive to a cash machine and remove money. He got into Mrs Dykes' Mercedes and forced her to drive to a cash machine and remove money.
Mrs Dykes was eventually let out of the car on a deserted road. The judge said she was too scared to leave her home since the incident.
At a previous hearing, Judge Christopher Llewellyn Jones said Mrs Dykes had behaved with courage during a terrifying experience. Judge Christopher Llewellyn Jones said: "You waited in the car park for a disabled person to arrive who you could target.
Retired social worker Mrs Dykes was visiting her stepdaughter at the hospital when she parked in a disabled bay, where the kidnapping took place. "It must have been obvious to you that she had difficulties walking and was therefore an easy and vulnerable victim.
She was made to drive to the Tesco supermarket in Penarth and she told the court how she gave Mordecai her security number and he withdrew £200. "Mrs Dykes used to be an outgoing person, but now she is too scared to leave her home.
"Her faith in humanity has been diminished by your actions."
Last April, Mrs Dykes was visiting her stepdaughter at the University Hospital of Wales hospital when she parked in a disabled bay, where the kidnapping took place.
The retired social worker was made to drive to the Tesco supermarket in Penarth and she told the court how she gave Mordecai her security number and he withdrew £200.
He later let her out of the car on a deserted road at the side of Leckwith Hill.He later let her out of the car on a deserted road at the side of Leckwith Hill.