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Carjack mum home.


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CARJACK car·jack or car-jack  
tr.v. car·jacked, car·jack·ing, car·jacks
To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users.



[car + (hi)jack.
 survivor Caroline Johnson yesterday came home to husband Mark and said: "I'm damned if I'll let what's happened get the better of me."

Doctors feared she would not survive after she was dragged underneath her stolen car for 80ft last December.

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 but has made a miraculous recovery after months of surgery and has been allowed home to Langley, Berks. "My goal now is to walk along the beach with Mark," she said.

As she left hospital, Caroline, 46, and the nurses who have been caring for her were in tears. "You're all wonderful," said the mum-of-four. "I'll never forget you and will always be so grateful."

A man has been charged with aggravated vehicle taking and assault occasioning actual bodily harm assault occasioning actual bodily harm,
n an offense in which physical injury to another person is the result.
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Langley, Berks 2.15 pm Yesterday; HALLELUJAH Arriving home. Top, with Mark
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Feb 19, 2009
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