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A mother in the middle of picking up her children from an Orléans area school told an Ottawa court Thursday that she saw an alleged kidnapper with his arm around the neck of a young woman who was apparently attempting to escape from a car stuck in a snowbank.
“Help me, help me,” the young woman kept shouting, recalled Emily Adams who said the man pulled his alleged victim back into the car by her hair as she tried to escape.
Accused kidnapper Andrew Bettencourt, who had broken up with his alleged teen victim a week before the alleged kidnapping, was in the driver’s seat attempting to extricate the car from the snow.
When she heard shouting, Adams said she approached the car to investigate.
“She was quite frantic and desperate for help,” she said of the teen. “She was trying to do anything to get out of the vehicle.”
She then heard Bettencourt say: “You promised to talk to me. His tone was intense but there was an element of sadness and desperation, perhaps.”
The teen, who had just ended their two-and-a-half year relationship, claims she had been kidnapped by Bettencourt after he commandeered her BMW car.
The car eventually got loose from the snow and headed down the road with the alleged victims legs still visible from the passenger door, Adams testified.
Bettencourt has pleaded not guilty to kidnap, forcible confinement and assault charges.
The trial is continuing.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
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“Help me, help me,” the young woman kept shouting, recalled Emily Adams who said the man pulled his alleged victim back into the car by her hair as she tried to escape.
Accused kidnapper Andrew Bettencourt, who had broken up with his alleged teen victim a week before the alleged kidnapping, was in the driver’s seat attempting to extricate the car from the snow.
When she heard shouting, Adams said she approached the car to investigate.
“She was quite frantic and desperate for help,” she said of the teen. “She was trying to do anything to get out of the vehicle.”
She then heard Bettencourt say: “You promised to talk to me. His tone was intense but there was an element of sadness and desperation, perhaps.”
The teen, who had just ended their two-and-a-half year relationship, claims she had been kidnapped by Bettencourt after he commandeered her BMW car.
The car eventually got loose from the snow and headed down the road with the alleged victims legs still visible from the passenger door, Adams testified.
Bettencourt has pleaded not guilty to kidnap, forcible confinement and assault charges.
The trial is continuing.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
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