A man who assaulted a woman in the street before she got away then went to the house where she'd desperately sought refuge and tried to smash his way in. Incredible doorbell camera footage shows Gulwali Stanezay trying to break down the door, as well as smashing one of the cameras.
The woman was speaking to a friend on Facetime when Stanezay attacked her in the street on February 26. She ran for her life and found refuge in a stranger's home.
The friend she had been speaking to managed to contact the woman's father, who went looking for her. He came across what is now known to be Stanezay, 22, who was vandalising cars.
The woman's father approached him and Stanezay started punching him, reports the Mirror. The Mirror previously spoke to the heroic neighbour who was on the other side of the door and provided shelter to the woman as Stanezay smashed the glass with a D-lock.
The householder, who did not want to be named, said her partner heard a commotion outside their house before seeing a woman outside their door running from a man. She collapsed in the stranger's home in North West London.
At the time the harrowing footage could not be shared for legal reasons, but Stanezay has since pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated bodily harm and two counts of criminal damage. He will be sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on July 6.
The footage is from two cameras, one on the side of the door and one above it. After failing to kick the door down, Stanezay appears to walk off before returning to the doorstep.
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He then makes eye contact with one of the cameras and tries to rip it off the wall. When that doesn't work, he picks up a D-lock and uses it to hammer the camera off.
During this time, the householder was on the phone to 999, begging for help as he tried to smash the front door with the same lock, but said she was unable to get a timescale for when police could attend.
She told the Mirror earlier this year: "They kept saying they cannot give me an estimated time of arrival due to an event at Wembley," with the football also blamed by officers who ultimately did arrive on scene after the man outside had gone.
The householder told how the attacker left them terrified as he launched his bid to smash in the property, saying: "Out of the blue suddenly he just starts on the door. I didn't know what he had on him and at the time it was a D-lock from a bicycle, but all I could see was a small circle and I thought it was a bullet. At this point, I told the handler on the phone it could be a gun".
The woman added: "He was relentless and you can see the glass shattering. My partner was in the hallway just watching the barrier between him and the man crumble. The man gets his hand through the door and tries to unlock it, but is unable to and then reverts to kicking the door again."
In the clip Stanezay uses the lock to batter the front door, smashing the glass. All three in the home were terrified and barricaded the door with a sofa bed while they waited for the police to come.
Stanezay failed to unlock the door to come in. He then made off, before police arrived at the scene. Officers were unable to find him that night.
In the footage shared with the Mirror, a police officer can be heard telling the householder: "We did our best to find him and we chased after him.... and we couldn't find him."
The woman replies, explaining how long she was on the phone with the police. The officer then says: "I appreciate that, but we're very busy because it's football".
Wembley Stadium had been hosting the Carabao Cup final between Manchester United and Newcastle United on the evening of the attack. Stanezay was arrested on March 1, three days after police were called to reports of two people assaulted and vehicles damaged at the location.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and two counts of criminal damage on May 22 at Harrow Crown Court. He was remanded ahead of sentencing on July 6.
At the time, the woman told the Mirror that while the ordeal traumatised her she didn't feel any "malice" towards him and hoped he gets the "care that he needs".
