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Wife recalls hit-and-run incident Wife recalls hit-and-run incident
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A woman has told a court how she was mown down and left permanently paralysed by her estranged husband in a hit-and-run incident.A woman has told a court how she was mown down and left permanently paralysed by her estranged husband in a hit-and-run incident.
Anne Dreisler, 36, was knocked off her bicycle in Worthing, West Sussex, in February 2008.Anne Dreisler, 36, was knocked off her bicycle in Worthing, West Sussex, in February 2008.
She told Hove Crown Court said she felt certain the white van ran into her on purpose, before it drove over her body a second time. She told Hove Crown Court she felt certain the white van ran into her on purpose, before it drove over her body a second time.
Martin Hewlett, 45, of Guildford Road, Worthing, denies attempted murder.Martin Hewlett, 45, of Guildford Road, Worthing, denies attempted murder.
The prosecution claims Mr Hewlett stole the van and tried to kill his wife to avoid losing everything in divorce proceedings to be heard four days after the incident.The prosecution claims Mr Hewlett stole the van and tried to kill his wife to avoid losing everything in divorce proceedings to be heard four days after the incident.
'Slow motion''Slow motion'
Greenland-born Ms Dreisler said: "I was cycling along and I saw these headlights coming at me. I moved on to the pavement but it kept coming and then it hit me.Greenland-born Ms Dreisler said: "I was cycling along and I saw these headlights coming at me. I moved on to the pavement but it kept coming and then it hit me.
"I remember I sat up and then I heard a sound and then it went blank. It sounded like a choking noise. I remember it was a white van and that it was heading towards me."I remember I sat up and then I heard a sound and then it went blank. It sounded like a choking noise. I remember it was a white van and that it was heading towards me.
"It happened all in slow motion.""It happened all in slow motion."
Mrs Dreisler said the first thing she asked for when she came to in hospital was a pen and paper to write on.Mrs Dreisler said the first thing she asked for when she came to in hospital was a pen and paper to write on.
Life insurance policy
She told the court: "I wrote that it was done purposely and how it happened. I knew it was on purpose because I remember the van following me on to the pavement.She told the court: "I wrote that it was done purposely and how it happened. I knew it was on purpose because I remember the van following me on to the pavement.
"I thought it was someone who wanted to stay in England and needed a long prison sentence.""I thought it was someone who wanted to stay in England and needed a long prison sentence."
Life insurance policy
Ms Dreisler, who moved to Denmark with her two children after the incident, said: "I have always had a few really good friends and loads of associates but no enemies."Ms Dreisler, who moved to Denmark with her two children after the incident, said: "I have always had a few really good friends and loads of associates but no enemies."
The prosecution earlier claimed Mr Hewlett had run up gambling debts and had taken out a life insurance policy, without his wife's knowledge, which would pay out a lump sum of £125,625 in the event of either of their death.The prosecution earlier claimed Mr Hewlett had run up gambling debts and had taken out a life insurance policy, without his wife's knowledge, which would pay out a lump sum of £125,625 in the event of either of their death.
The trial continues.The trial continues.