Jesus, what an awful story! Unfortunately, I've had similar incidents when I was on vacation in Turkey. Corrupted and aggressive cops, thiefs, dangerous traffic,..
It's a lovely country, with very beautiful landscapes and a lot of friendly people too, but unfortunately the bad memories are far stronger than the good...

I'm happy to read that in the end everything worked out fine and the good lady recovered well. Now, I wouldn't compare her to a cows arse again, for your health's sake ;)