Victim from Kidnapping takes a stand.

IALT: Write about a 19-year-old girl who was kidnapped and left for dead, but today the victim has taken a stand against those who ambushed her.

The 19 year old girl was lured to one of the Dome Valley defendants' homes before she was allegedly ambushed, tasered, had a hot meth-pipe rolled down her leg the kidnapped, the victim has told court. During the abduction that occurred in April last year, the victim had her hair hacked off and a knife held to her throat and told to sign her car over to them, the court heard. The woman told the High Court at Auckland today she was then driven to the Bombay Hills and told: "If you ever come back to Auckland you're going to get more of the same." The teenager, is giving evidence during the trial of five people charged in relation to two kidnappings before she was allegedly beaten with a hammer and left for dead on the side of the road in Dome Valley last May.



The attacks happened because she was rumoured to have slept with an ex-boyfriend of one of the defendants. The accused are Michelle Blom, Nicola Jones, Cameron Hakeke, Wayne Blackett and Julie-Ann Torrance and all have been charged with varying offences. The defence lawyers say the defendants are innocent of the charges as some already admitted the roles they played in the attack. On April 23, the woman said Hakeke asked to buy a "Q", a quarter of a gram, of methamphetamine so she went to his house in Green Bay.

When she arrived, Torrance was there and said: "Oh hi."

The woman said Torrance replied: "Oh hi, is that all you've got to say?"Jones then allegedly jumped out from behind the door and tackled her to the ground. Jones and Torrance then started kicking her in the head and stomach.They told her Hakeke had gone to get a dirty needle for her.She said they then pulled out a "stun gun" and took it in turns to taser her under her arms and between her thighs.After she was told they were going to kill her whole family and make her watch, Jones left and Torrance smoked meth from a pipe.

She then allegedly rolled the hot pipe down her leg."It was excruciating. The pain was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life."Jones and Hakeke returned then along with Torrance they started to hack off her long hair to her shoulders, the woman said.They also allegedly held the woman's own flip-knife to her neck and forced her to sign a piece of paper which meant she was signing over her car to them."I was living out of my car at the time so it had everything I owned in it."They then all got in her car - Jones drove, Hakeke was in the front passenger seat and Torrance was in the back with the woman - and went out to the Bombay Hills.

She was let out of the car and the woman said Jones and Torrance told her to hitchhike back to her mother's place in Taupo and to never to return to Auckland.

The trial still continues.

Overall, I think that this article should be read by many in New Zealand, it's sad to hear that a 19 year old teen was ambushed simply because there were rumours about her sleeping with an ex of somebody's. I was once told by a person to not jump to conclusions, and find out the truth first before acting, but in this article the attackers didn't stop and think to themselves, asking these sort of questions "Is it true or not?" "Should I ask first?" so they chose on the idea to attack her for something that may have not been true. If that were me I would stop and think before acting because actions speak louder than words and in this situation the actions that took place here, are horrific and terrible. 

The 19 year old is lucky to be alive after she was allegedly ambushed by 5 people! Five on One, the five will win obviously unless you're a strong person. But after reading this article I've learnt that sometimes rumours can be lies and you shouldn't just jump to conclusions. You never know one day the 5 attackers might lunge out again... Let's hope everything goes smoothly and that the attackers are sentenced to more than 1 year behind bars... 

Before I close off, I'd like to thank that person for teaching me a skill that not only helped me, but I also found out that it's true... What are your thoughts on this article?

Click HERE to read the original piece of writing :)

Leave your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below :) 

Many thanks :)