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Man 'tried to drag girl into car' Man 'tried to drag girl into car'
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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. A teenage girl fought off and escaped from a man accused of killing other women near bus stops, a court 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. Anna-Maria Rennie was 17 when she was grabbed by a man who tried to drag her into a car in Twickenham, west London in 2001, she told the Old Bailey.
She told the jury how she fought him off and then ran home across a park. "I was kicking and screaming as much as I could to get away. I was scared."
Mr Bellfield, of west London, denies the kidnap and false imprisonment of Miss Rennie as well as two murders. Levi Bellfield, 39, from west London, denies the false imprisonment and kidnap of Miss Rennie as well as two murders and two attempted murders.
He also denies the attempted murders of Kate Sheedy and Irma Dragoshi and causing grievous bodily harm to Miss Dragoshi. He picked me up from the floor and was walking towards the car Anna-Maria Rennie
Ms Rennie told the court the attack had a lasting effect on her and she now lives in Spain. Miss Rennie had gone out to "calm down" after a late night row with her boyfriend when a car pulled up and a man got out and offered her a lift.
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 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. "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''I was crying'
She managed to free herself just before they got to the car and she ran home.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.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.""I did not leave the house for many weeks after. I was not confident."
She said she had since moved to Spain.
"I have always been a confident, open person but for a time after that, it destroyed that," she told the court.
'Sudden' violence
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.
The two women he is accused of murdering are students Marsha McDonnell, 19 and Amelie Delagrange, 22. He denies murdering students Amelie Delagrange, 22, in August 2004, and Marsha McDonnell, 19, in February 2003.
He also denies the attempted murders of Kate Sheedy, 18, in 2004, and Irma Dragoshi, 16, in 2003, as well as causing greivous bodily harm to Miss Dragoshi.
The case continues.The case continues.