Soldier back from Jordan ‘kidnapped and threatened to kill ex-girlfriend’

Defence: Royal Engineer Alvon Montgomery Tobias, 32, pinned his ex-girlfriend to the passenger seat on a “crazy” 40-minute drive, a court heard
Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer16 February 2016
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A soldier kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and threatened to crash and kill them both after she left him for a new man during his tour of duty in the Middle East, a court heard.

Alvon Montgomery Tobias, 32, a Royal Engineer, was hiding in bushes when the single mother left her flat in Twickenham to go to work.

She told a Kingston crown court jury he dragged her to his Mini car, pinned her to the passenger seat and refused to let her out.

She said he took her on a “crazy” 40-minute drive, telling her he would kill them both and slamming the passenger door on her leg when she tried to escape at traffic lights.

Tobias, from Ealing, has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping Monika Mikalak in Valley Mews on April 7 last year.

She told the court: “There were some text messages from him that day. He said he wanted to talk to me, but I realised he was not the right person.

“I was leaving for work at 9.15pm to get the bus to West Middlesex Hospital and when I opened my front door I realised he was hiding by the bushes.

“I told him I had to go to work and I did not want to see him. He dragged me to his car, he was holding my arms, and said he wanted me to be a part of his life and stuff like that.

“I was shouting and screaming at him to let me go. He forced me to get into the car and pushed me into the passenger side and sat on me. Then [he] closed the door and moved to the driver’s seat and started driving like crazy.

“He said he would kill me and kill himself. I was scared... When he stopped at the traffic lights I tried to get out, but he shut the door on my leg.”

After driving around west London for 40 minutes, 6ft 3in Tobias — who is based at Carver Barracks, Wimbish, Essex — dropped her off at work.

The couple met online and had known each other for nearly a year, but Ms Mikalak told Tobias she’d met someone else while he was serving in Jordan for five weeks.

Her new man phoned while she was in the car prompting Tobias to grab her mobile and shout: “She’s with me.”

She denied inventing the story out of “anger” towards Tobias for revealing himself to her new boyfriend.

Prosecutor David Brock said Tobias was questioned by police on May 11.

“He accepted the relationship had broken down and that he did meet her that day, but said she got into the car without force and he dropped her off at work,” he said. The trial continues.

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