Mum, daughter in carjacking terror
"It was a look that said, 'I will kill you if you keep fighting' . . . it was evil."
A Mandurah mother of four says she feared for her life and the safety of her eldest daughter during a traumatic carjacking outside a local primary school last week.
Amy MacDonald was pushed, grabbed and threatened on Friday afternoon as she waited to pick up her two sons from Halls Head Primary School.
The youth worker had been with her 14-year-old daughter in the family's Holden Captiva SUV when a woman snatched the keys from the ignition.
Ms MacDonald managed to get the keys back before a Mitsubishi Magna pulled up alongside and two men demanded she hand over the keys. Ms MacDonald threw the keys to her daughter and told her to run into the school to get help.
"The driver of the Magna said, 'She's got the keys' and pointed to my daughter, who was frozen 2m in front of him," Ms MacDonald said.
"I ran towards her because I thought they were going to hurt her. The man grabbed me by the arm. My daughter threw the keys on the ground so he would let me go."
During a "tug of war" for the keys with one of the carjackers, Ms MacDonald began screaming for help.
The carjacking trio drove off in Ms MacDonald's car, which was found burnt-out in North Yunderup bush on Saturday. Ms MacDonald, 31, said she was disappointed some bystanders did not help.
School principal Peter Beckingham sent a letter to parents this week telling them to report any suspicious behaviour around the school.
