Bleeding out from a stab wound on the backseat of her own car, a kidnapped mother felt certain that she would never see her children again.If she let out a scream or noise, the knife-wielding attacker would 'kill her straight away'.The threats were constant as her violent stalker drove her across the city of Birmingham.
When the terrifying drive finally ended, she was dragged into a house and interrogated while sitting on a kitchen chair, Birmingham Live reports.
There, obsessed criminal Lee Martin would tap her cheek with a knife and flicker lights on and off as he threatened one wrong answer would lead to her death.Her 42-year-old kidnapper would soon become the city's most wanted criminal as he terrorised lone women, among other victims, in a terrifying spree.
He preyed upon a pregnant woman for her BMW, pushed a couple to the floor in their own home and slashed a male driver as he tried to flee police last September.A major manhunt was launched to track down "armed and dangerous" Martin of Trinity Road, Aston, before he was eventually arrested.
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