A MOTORIST who pulled over in Chaucer Road, Wanstead, to make a mobile phone call found himself the victim of a terrifying carjack.

The 51-year-old was sitting in his Mazda 323, with the engine off but the keys in the ignition, at 11.45pm on Tuesday, May 29, when his car door swung open.

While the attacker threatened him and ordered him out off the car, a second man opened the passenger seat door and jumped in.

The driver got out of the car and the two men sped off towards Addison Road. The first man is described as around 20 years old, 6ft tall, black, and wearing a grey track suit.

The second man is thought to be around 18 years old, 5ft 8ins tall, black, and wearing a blue T-shirt, dark track suit bottoms and a grey track suit top with a hood.

Anyone with information should call DC Andy Nunn on 8345 2667.