A mother-of-three has spoken of her terrifying ordeal at the hands of a sex attacker who smashed his way into her car.

And the 40-year-old Bradford woman today appealed for anyone who knows his identity to turn him in before he strikes again.

Speaking for the first time about her ordeal, she said: "If you do know him, contact the police. He needs help and you're not doing him any favours by keeping quiet.

"Who knows what might happen if he gets away with it. I don't want this attack to be a starting point for him to go on and do it to someone else." The woman, who is not being named, was abducted at around 10pm on Wednesday evening as she waited at a set of traffic lights at the junction of Manningham Lane and Queens Road.

The man, of Asian appearance, who spoke with a Bradford accent, smashed the passenger side window of her green Hyundai saloon and jumped in.

"I heard the breaking glass and when I looked around he was sitting right next to me," she said. "It all happened in a split second. He told me where to drive. I suppose I was in shock. I went into auto pilot."

He ordered her to drive to nearby Rose Street, where he dragged her from the car into a partially-built house extension and indecently assaulted her before he was disturbed and ran off towards Heaton Road. "He could see that I was frightened. When he eventually ran off I was just relieved it was all over," she said.

The woman, who has three children aged 12, 13, and 22 months, added: "There are a lot of obstacles which will be hard to overcome; simple things like going out at night and getting into a car again."

Detectives were today continuing their hunt for the attacker. He is described as slim, in his early 30s, with dark greasy hair parted down the middle, clean shaven with a prominent long nose.

Detective Superintendent Brian Taylor said: "We have already received a number of calls from the public following the appeal in yesterday's Telegraph & Argus. Anyone with information is asked to ring Bradford 376659.

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