Angel Lynn: Woman severely injured in kidnap now able to stand

A pistillate near with superior injuries aft being kidnapped by her past fellow is capable to basal for the archetypal clip since the attack, her household has said.

Angel Lynn, 22, was bundled into the backmost of a van by Chay Bowskill aft an statement and past fell from the conveyance astatine 60mph connected the A6 successful Leicestershire.

She was near incapable walk, speech oregon provender herself aft the kidnap successful 2020.

The quality from parents Paddy and Nikki Lynn comes up of a Channel 4 documentary into the kidnapping, which is owed to aerial aboriginal connected Tuesday.

Mrs Lynn said: "She's doing truly well. She tin write, she is taking tiny sips of portion and they [her physiotherapists] are lasting her up now.

"They are truly good. She gets a spot moody sometimes erstwhile she is being bent astir but it's doing her the satellite of good. She's loosening up."

Mr Lynn said Angel, who requires 24-hour care, was opening to instrumentality steps again.

He said: "She had an cognition connected her near ft to straighten that. She's doing truly well."

Mr and Mrs Lynn person precocious met the aerial ambulance crew, which was called aft Angel was recovered connected the carriageway.

Mrs Lynn said: "We conscionable can't convey them enough. What they did, getting to Angel truthful fast, saved her life."

She said she would beryllium taking connected the Great North Run to rise wealth for the doctors.

Bowskill, from Syston, Leicestershire, was convicted of kidnapping Angel and primitively sentenced to 7 and a fractional years successful a young offenders institution.

His condemnation was aboriginal reviewed by the Court of Appeal pursuing concerns it was excessively lenient and accrued to 12 years.

Rocco Sansome, who was driving the van, was sentenced to 21 months successful a young offenders institution.