An illegal immigrant has admitted abducting a nurse and leaving her tied up in the boot of her own car.
Magdeline Makola, 38, of Livingston, West Lothian, spent days locked in the boot before she was found by police on Boxing Day last year.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, Justice Ngema, 35, pleaded guilty to abducting the nurse, tying her up and placing her in the boot of the car.
Ngema used his victim's bank cards to fund a Christmas shopping spree and to drink champagne with friends while his victim lay shivering in sub-zero temperatures.
Ngema, 35, who was in the country using his brother's passport, had only known his victim briefly before the attack at her home.
He pleaded guilty to 14 charges, including theft from a cash machine and a string of frauds using Ms Makola's bank cards at designer shops in the run up to Christmas.
Despite her ordeal - which left her with scars and nerve damage - Ms Makola said she felt no anger towards Ngema, just pity.
In a statement read outside court by police on her behalf, she said: "When I was taken I did not think I was going to survive and the experience of being trapped is one that will stay with me for the rest of my life."
She said her faith in God helped her through the trauma and added: "I am pleased that Justice Ngema has pleaded guilty today and I want people to know that I feel no anger towards him, only pity.
"I wish him well in the future and I will pray for him."
