Scans of Angel Lynn’s skull show damage from falling head-first from van after ex kidnapped her

Shocking scans have revealed the cracks in a young woman’s skull after she was abducted by her violent ex-boyfriend and fell headfirst into the road from a van traveling at 100 km/h.

Angel Lynn, then 19, was kidnapped in September 2020 by her abusive ex-boyfriend Chay Bowskill, then 20.

He put her in a van in Rothley, Leicestershire, and drove off with her.

Angel, now 22, suffered a catastrophic brain injury that nearly killed her when she fell head-on from the removal van traveling at 60 mph on the A6 near Loughborough.

Bowskill claimed Angel fell or jumped from the van, but her mother Nikki Lynn, 48, believes she was pushed despite being cleared of grievous bodily harm.

Shocking scans (pictured) have revealed devastating damage to the young woman’s skull after she fell from the van

The scans suggest she suffered two fractures — one across the top of her skull and down the left side of her face and another across her forehead and into her eye socket.

Another scan (pictured) showed how Angel’s nose, eye socket and cheeks were injured by the first fall

Angel became paralyzed and unable to eat, walk or talk on his own.

Nauseating CT scans have revealed the extent of her injuries that fractured her skull.

In footage from Channel 4’s The Kidnap of Angel Lynn, neurosurgeon Stuart Smith said it was clear she had suffered “very serious” injuries.

Angel’s ex-boyfriend Chay Bowskill was cleared of causing grievous bodily harm after it became unclear how she left the van

The bubbly Loughborough student (pictured with her mum Nikki) wanted to be a police forensic scientist

She suffered a catastrophic brain injury that nearly killed her when she fell head-on from the removal van traveling at 60 mph on the A6 near Loughborough. Pictured: Angel awake in hospital in Nottingham

He pointed to the huge crack in her skull and said: “This area here is fractured, split open by the force of the impact.

“To break the skull to such an extent requires incredible force.

“Her injury was so devastating and so severe that there was a very real chance that Angel would not survive.”

The scans suggest she had two fractures — one across the top of her skull and down the left side of her face and another across her forehead and into her eye socket.

Another CT scan showed how Angel’s nose, eye socket and cheeks were injured by the fall.

During the Channel 4 programme, viewers were shown dozens of abusive text messages from her controlling ex-boyfriend calling her a ‘stupid c***’ ‘b****’ and a ‘divvy little snail’.

Angel’s father Patrick, 53, said Angel had initially denied being in a relationship with Bowskill.

He said, ‘She must have been ashamed of him, because he wasn’t a good boy.

‘She was my angel. She’s just daddy’s girl.’

Her mother Nikki, 48, said: ‘He texted all the time. Message, message, message – her phone was lit up.

“They said she rolled down the road like a football. I think he pushed her out of the van.”

Bowskill was cleared of causing grievous bodily harm after it became unclear how Angel had exited the van.

Angel Lynn, now 22, suffered catastrophic brain injury when she fell head-on from a moving truck at 60 mph

Chay Bowskill, 20, (pictured), of Syston, Leicestershire, was convicted of kidnapping, coercive and controlling conduct and perverting the course of justice following a trial at Leicester Crown Court

However, in January 2022, he was given a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence after being found guilty of kidnapping, coercive and controlling conduct and perverting the course of justice, following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.

His sentence was then nearly doubled after senior Court of Appeals judges concluded that his original term for the kidnapping was not long enough and imposed an additional four and a half years on him.

Sansome got 21 months. Bowkill’s sentence was later increased to 12 years, although Sansome’s was not changed.

Bowskill, from Syston, Leicestershire, was also convicted of coercive and controlling conduct and perverting the course of justice.