Victims thank bystanders who intervened in brutal attacks

Two innocent victims of one woman's violent rampage have told of the moments they were set upon at random in Adelaide's North Eastern suburbs, and have praised passersby who ran to help them and held their attacker down until police arrived. 

Caelan Burnett was one of four people attacked outside the Gilles Plains shopping centre.

"I noticed she was getting closer to me so I tried to pull my head up and next thing I noticed she's got her fists in my face and then she's got me by the back of the hair," he said.

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Another victim was Cheryl-Lee Phillips, a 65-year-old woman who uses a wheelchair and was on her way home from the gym when she was punched several times in the head and face.

Witnesses stopped the attacker soon after and police were able to arrest her.

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"Some people out there really care," Phillips said.

The 35-year-old woman was taken to hospital under police guard. She has been charged with four counts of assault.

This article was produced with the assistance of 9ExPress.