Pregnant Woman Tried To Fight Off Stamp Attack

Malorie Bantala says she immediately recognised her attacker. Pic: Twitter

Malorie Bantala, 22, was eight months pregnant when she was stamped and kicked outside her home in Peckham, south London.

She told the Old Bailey how Kevin Wilson and an accomplice came out from behind bushes wearing crash helmets and scarves pulled up to their eyes.

She said she recognised her baby's father immediately from his posture and 6ft 4in height, as well as from his tracksuit and trainers.

"I remember looking at him and then something clicked in my mind and I said 'oh ****, it's Kevin'.

"He turned round and we made brief eye contact."

The attack "felt like ages" said Miss Bantala, whose baby boy was killed in the attack and had to be delivered stillborn by caesarean section.

"Kevin proceeded to kick my stomach, probably three or four times and then he stamped on my stomach twice," she said.

"By then I had screamed 'Kevin' for him to stop but he continued to kick my stomach. They were harsh kicks."

She told the jury: "My instincts were to put my right hand on my stomach.

"I broke two fingers because I was trying to protect my son."

Miss Bantala banged her foot in the witness box to demonstrate and said the other attacker came from behind her and also stamped on her belly.

The Bedfordshire University graduate said her attackers only ran away when her neighbour opened the window and screamed "what the f are you doing".

She was left with life-threatening internal bleeding and a fractured hand.

Miss Bantala also described how Wilson, 22, had tried many times to make her terminate her pregnancy and had become angry when she refused.

He allegedly abused her after she told a friend she was pregnant: "He said 'stop telling people I'm your baby father you Jezzy' - it means like a whore.

"He kept on saying it over and over and over again. He called me 'a ******* Jezzy'.

"I was livid because Kevin has never ever disrespected me until this day and never called me that name. I was angry.

"I threatened to punch him. I told him I would go to his mum's house and punch him in front of his mum.

"He accused me of sleeping with loads of boys from our school. He was like 'that's not my baby. Find your baby father'."

Wilson, a teaching assistant from Bermondsey, denies the charges, as does a 17-year-old who cannot be named.

The trial continues.