She was on her way to school when the stranger grabbed her
, celebrating her bravery during the terrifying incident when she was just 15 years old.
After being pushed into some woodland by her attacker, Alexandra instinctively decided to fight back. A struggle ensued for about a minute, before Alexandra managed to wrestle the knife from the attacker – badly cutting her hand in the process.Alexandra then took her phone from her pocket and quickly took photos of him.The attacker then ran away when he saw Alexandra taking photos. She then called an ambulance after noticing her hand was bleeding."I don’t even know how to describe how I felt after it happened,” she said.
Her attacker was given an extended sentence of 13 years and eight months after pleading guilty to kidnapping, wounding, committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence, possession of an offensive weapon and two unrelated counts of burglary.
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