A woman who was assaulted and kidnapped in Adelaide's northern suburbs nearly two years ago says she has turned to drugs to get through each day and remains fearful about people wanting to harm her.
Jayden Casey, Joel Williams and Tuesday Thomas, who have pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated kidnapping and false imprisonment, appeared in court via video link from prison on Wednesday.
Their charges followed a night in June 2020 when the victim was threatened with a cap gun, taken to an Elizabeth Park home and assaulted.
She was then tied up and placed in a car boot, from where she called police for help.
She had a fractured eye socket and it took a month before her face healed.
Victim cannot sit in back seat near boot
In a statement read in court, the victim said the event had changed her life, turning her from a happy-go-lucky person to one needing considerable medication to get through each day.
"Now I don't like leaving my home," she said.
"Since the event, I have struggled with substance abuse to try and get through each day, numbing the effects of the event."
Her victim impact statement said she was seeking a disability support pension, and she and her teenage daughter had post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.
Lawyers ask for home detention sentences
Lawyers for all three of the offenders asked that a sentence of home detention be considered, especially because they had already been in jail for nearly two years.
Thomas broke down as her lawyer, David Moen, spoke of her being on drugs at the time of the crimes and explained she had tried to turn her life around while in prison.
Williams's lawyer, Stacey Carter, said he was ashamed of his actions on the night, was deeply remorseful and had written a letter of apology.
He had been unemployed at the time and had increasingly turned to drugs.
Casey was a drug addict who had produced a cap gun in the car as part of threatening the victim and accepted that the situation would have been terrifying.
While the prosecutor did not object to considering home detention, she said it could affect the public's confidence in sentencing.
Home detention reports will be carried out before the offenders are sentenced in late June.
