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Teenager 'fought off attacker' Man 'tried to drag girl into car'
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The first alleged victim of the man accused of attacking and murdering women he stalked at bus stops has been giving evidence about her assault. An alleged victim of a man accused of stalking women at bus stops has told how she fought off her attacker as he tried to drag her into a car.
Anna-Maria Rennie was only 17 when Levi Bellfield tried to abduct her near a bus stop in west London in 2001, the Old Bailey has heard. Anna-Maria Rennie was 17 when Levi Bellfield, 39, tried to abduct her near a bus stop in Twickenham, west London in 2001, the Old Bailey has heard.
She told the jury how she fought him off and then ran home across a park.She told the jury how she fought him off and then ran home across a park.
Mr Bellfield, 39, of west London, denies two counts of murder and two attempted murders and a kidnapping. Mr Bellfield, of west London, denies the kidnap and false imprisonment of Miss Rennie as well as two murders.
He also denies the attempted murders of Kate Sheedy and Irma Dragoshi and causing grievous bodily harm to Miss Dragoshi.
Ms Rennie told the court the attack had a lasting effect on her and she now lives in Spain.Ms Rennie told the court the attack had a lasting effect on her and she now lives in Spain.
'Sudden and overwhelming' I did not leave the house for many weeks after Anna-Maria Rennie
"I have always been a confident, open person but for a time after that, it destroyed that," she told the court.
Miss Rennie had gone out to "calm down" after a late night row with her boyfriend.
A car pulled up behind her and a man got out and offered her a lift, to which she said "no".
"He put his arm round and I screamed," she said. "He put his hand over my mouth.
"He picked me up from the floor and was walking towards the car, which was now parked in the lay-by with its back passenger door open.
"At this point, I was kicking and screaming as much as I could to get away. I was scared."
'I was crying'
She managed to free herself just before they got to the car and she ran home.
She said: "I was still scared. I was tired, very nervous. I was crying and shaking.
"I did not leave the house for many weeks after. I was not confident."
Brian Altman, prosecuting, told the jury the attacker targeted young blonde women on buses or at bus stops.Brian Altman, prosecuting, told the jury the attacker targeted young blonde women on buses or at bus stops.
When he attacked them, the violence was "sudden and overwhelming", he told the court.When he attacked them, the violence was "sudden and overwhelming", he told the court.
Mr Bellfield denies Miss Rennie's kidnap and false imprisonment in October 2001. The two women he is accused of murdering are students Marsha McDonnell, 19 and Amelie Delagrange, 22.
He also denies murdering students Marsha McDonnell, 19 and Amelie Delagrange, 22, and the attempted murder of two other women. The case continues.