Newport woman recalls horrifying harassment incident that's changed her outlook forever
A young woman has today shared her horrifying experience of being sexually harassed in broad daylight in the hope of spreading awareness of how prevalent harassment is.
More than 70 per cent of women have reported being sexually harassed in a public place according to YouGov research, with the director of UN Women UK calling the issue a "human rights crisis".
Now, a 25-year-old woman from Newport has told of her own shocking recent experience of being harassed by a stranger.
Ms B, who wishes to remain anonymous, had been walking a route through the town she took every day at around 4pm on Monday, July 10, when she was approached by a man in a grey van, asking for directions.
She said: "He pulled over and asked for directions to Audley Park. I knew we were on Audley Road but I had never heard of Audley Park.
"So I went on Google Maps and typed it in, and the nearest one was in Stoke. So I showed him the blue route on Google and he said 'thanks' and drove off in the direction of Jones' fish shop."
Ms B carried on with her walk, but within minutes, the man had turned around and stopped again.
She explained: "He approached me again at the entrance to the Royal British Legion. I'd just walked around the corner, it was within two or three minutes."
Ms B said that, when she approached the van, she saw that was man was naked from the waist down and was performing a sex act.
