Kidnapped! ; Femail: Holly and Her Mother Jenny Were On Holiday When They Were Taken Hostage at Gunpoint. Threatened with Rape and Murder, Here They Tell How What Happened Next Changed Their Relationship for Ever

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TEACHER Holly Sheldon and her mother, Jenny, were on holiday in South America when they were kidnapped at gunpoint. Here Holly, 34, and Jenny, 67, tell their extraordinary stories. Jenny is a retired secretary who lives near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, with her husband, Martin.

Holly lives in London, where she teaches English. Holly says:

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Kidnapped! ; Femail: Holly and Her Mother Jenny Were On Holiday When They Were Taken Hostage at Gunpoint. Threatened with Rape and Murder, Here They Tell How What Happened Next Changed Their Relationship for Ever

PASSING the school office the other day, I heard the perfectly innocuous sound of parcel tape being ripped and my whole body tensed. Suddenly, I was back in Bolivia, a pistol at my head and my body quaking in terror as masked men ripped parcel tape to bind my hands and seal my mouth.

It's seven and a half months since Mum and I were kidnapped at gunpoint. The terror, the guilt and the pain are fading. But I'll never completely forget it. How can I? Mum and I spent 28 hours fearing every single minute would be our last. It's brought us as close as any mother and daughter can ever be - but at a terrible price.

It was June 15 last year. I'd been in Peru for four months, teaching English in the city of Trujillo. For my last month, Mum had agreed to join me so I could introduce her to the country I...

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