A YOUNG mum has revealed her carjack horror as thieves “held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her son” in a devastating Snapchat scam.
Harrowing footage of the attack shows Courtney screaming "let me get my kid, let me get my kid" as a thug grabs her arm, pulling her out of the Alfa Romeo car.
Courtney later wrote on social media: “I really thought I was going to get stabbed as there was no way I was willingly leaving the car with my baby in there.”
At 7pm on Thursday, June 17, Courtney Slater, 21, and her boyfriend drove to Gorton in Manchester after agreeing to sell a pair of sunglasses over Snapchat.
After arriving at the location on Cumber Road, the buyer appeared at the car’s side, was shown the sunglasses and talked to Courtney’s boyfriend for a short time.
But suddenly, "from nowhere", a gang of hooded men descended on the car and chased Courtney’s partner with knives.
Courtney told Manchester Evening News: “People came by the side of the car out of nowhere and tried to stab my boyfriend.
They started chasing him with the knife and we didn’t realise one had stayed behind.”
While the young mum tried to escape, one of the group put a knife to her throat and told her to get out of the car.
Courtney says she immediately feared for her son’s life.
She said: “He had the knife to my throat in front of my two-year-old in the back of my car.
“I started screaming and crying. As long as my kid was safe, that’s all I was bothered about.
“I thought, ‘Oh my God, Lekai is in the back. What if he gets in the car and takes Lekai? I’m going to have to get stabbed'."
Courtney attempted to put her car into first gear, but the man opened her door, ordering her to get out.
As she grabbed onto the steering wheel, the lout pulled her out of the car, tearing her top.
She recalled: “He said, ‘Get the kid from the back,’ and pushed me. I tried to run but my legs were jelly."
The mum then made her way to the side of the car to grab her two-year-old son as the thieves clamber into the motor.
But she barely has time to get the toddler out of the car before the heartless louts drive off with the door still open.
She added: “I tried to get my two-year-old out of the seat and he was caught in the seatbelt. They didn’t care; they just started driving.”
Devastated from the ordeal, the young mum and child were then left stranded on the side of the road in Manchester.
Courtney’s car was found in a side street soon after the harrowing incident - but her phone, house keys and car keys are all missing.
Courtney says the attack has affected her son, who later said: “The man pulled mummy out of the car."
Courtney has said she can’t drive after the incident, as getting into a car makes her sick.
She even fears the group may return, as there were letters in the car which may have shown her address.
She admitted: “Every time a car drives past my house I’m worried it’s them.”
One of the group has been described as being roughly 19, black, heavily built. He wore a blue coat and black balaclava.
Another was also described as being around 19, white and wore grey shorts and a Gucci bag.
No arrests have been made according to Greater Manchester Police, who say attacks are ongoing. A police statement said: "Police were called around 7.10pm on Thursday 17 June 2021 to Clumber Road, Gorton to a report of an armed theft of a motor vehicle.
"Enquiries have since established a young woman and her child were approached by three males before she was threatened with a knife and the males fled the scene in her vehicle.
"Thankfully both mother and child are safe and well."
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