Jes Foord was brutally gang-raped as she walked her puppy in South Africa

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They took it in turns one by one, I thought it would never stop

Jes Foord, 28, and her father Tim, 64, were approached by a gang of men with guns as they walked their puppy Lucy in Shongweni, South Africa.

The men tied Jes to a tree and held a knife to his throat before viciously attacking her, and then stole her father's car and drove off.

Speaking about the incident, she said: "When I saw the men I assumed they would rob us but instead they tied my father to a tree and held a knife to his throat while the others took it in turns to rape me.

"I could have been broken - it could have destroyed us. Instead I am closer than ever to my father."

Going into more detail about her ordeal, she said: "One ripped off my shorts while the other held a blade to my neck.