# Woman jailed for 10 years after kidnapping attempt on country lane

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/transwoman-who-scoured-southern-england-for-days-for-a-woman-to-kidnap-before-mowing-down-lone-stranger-in-country-lane-blamed-terrifying-attack-on-transition/
- Published: 2026-11-13T15:31:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T15:47:40+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16290323/Transwoman-scoured-southern-England-days-woman-kidnap.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Offbeat, UK, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Haverty was jailed for 10 years after a planned attack on a lone walker.
- The victim escaped and was helped by passers-by.
- A judge called the attack calculated.

## Summary

Safiya Anna Haverty was jailed after deliberately driving a van into a woman walking alone in a country lane, then strangling her and trying to force her into the vehicle. The victim escaped and raised the alarm; the judge described the attack as calculated, and Haverty’s barrister cited mental health problems linked to gender transition.

The attack took place on Micheldever Road, near Andover, on 2 March. The woman, in her 50s, suffered injuries to her back, knee, face and neck, and was helped by two cyclists and a dog walker. Haverty was convicted of kidnapping, intentional strangulation, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice, and received 10 years in prison followed by four years on licence.

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