Candice McLaren Lewis from Boksburg recently took to Facebook after an alleged attempted rape and hijacking incident took place in Alexandra on 9 July.
She was in awe after the alleged suspect showed her mercy and decided to just take her cellphone and jewellery.
Lewis said it was just after midnight when the incident occurred. She was headed home from a friend’s birthday party in Centurion.
“I was not sure of the directions so I took a turn off the highway and slowed down,” she explained. “At a yield sign a man jumped in front of my car from a group of about eight people and pointed a firearm at me. He kicked me to the passenger seat, made my seat flat so that I was laying down and drove off with me.”
Lewis alleges that the man put the firearm between her legs. “He kept saying how much fun he was going to have with me,” she added. “He was very violent and aggressive with me. His intentions were to rape me. I kept looking around for a sign or landmark so I can see where I was but couldn’t see anything.”
She said the man drove for a while on gravel road and suddenly came to a stop. “He instructed me to get out of the car and when I came out all I saw were people everywhere and shacks,” said Lewis.
She begged and pleaded with the man to not leave her there and said, “You are my only protection. You know what will happen to me if you leave me here.”
Lewis said the man’s face changed and he suddenly softened up. He apparently told her to get back into the car and they drove off.
He made another stop, took her bag and stole her cellphone and jewellery. “He threw the car keys at me, directed me out of where we were,” explained Lewis. “It’s only when I saw the Alexandra sign that I knew where I was.”
She said she never reported the incident to the police because “they are useless”. She said she had been robbed before and the police could not help. She added that her jewellery and cellphone were not insured so she saw no use in reporting the incident to the police.
“I just hope he (the alleged suspect) sees this story. I believe something in him changed that night,” she said.
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