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Carjacker jailed for seven years | Carjacker jailed for seven years |
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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 Llanedeyrn in the city, admitted kidnapping and robbing Ann Dykes, 57. | |
He got into Mrs Dykes' Mercedes 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. |
The judge at Cardiff Crown Courtsaid since the incident Mrs Dykes had been too scared to leave her home. | |
Judge Christopher Llewellyn Jones told Mordecai: "You waited in the car park for a disabled person to arrive who you could target. | |
"It must have been obvious to you that she had difficulties walking and was therefore an easy and vulnerable victim. | "It must have been obvious to you that she had difficulties walking and was therefore an easy and vulnerable victim. |
"Mrs Dykes used to be an outgoing person, but now she is too scared to leave her home. | "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." | "Her faith in humanity has been diminished by your actions." |
Last April, Mrs Dykes was visiting her stepdaughter at the University Hospital of Wales 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 cash card 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. |