Trigger warning: This article contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be distressing to some readers.
In June 2014, a homeless 28-year-old woman was sleeping in an apartment stairwell in Alberta, Canada, when she was dragged by her hair into the flat of a convicted sexual predator.
She was sexually assaulted, beaten and stabbed. Still, Angela Cardinal – whose real name has been suppressed – managed to call police, putting the phone on loud speaker as she was being attacked.
“Help me, help me, I’ve been stabbed…he stabbed me,” she can be heard screaming.
