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Verbally abused/threatened

Cait Aged 19, 2022 I was promoting for my job at the time, so I was used to the odd comment of drunk men, which still doesn’t make it okay. But this lad actually approached me and said “I’m gonna fucking rape you in a minute”. I just stood back as he waited for my response which took a...

Physical assault/chased

Nandi, aged 13 2019 I had come back from school i was wearing my PE kit i decided i wanted Oreos. Tesco on Central Drive was only about an eight minute walk from my house. I’m walking and I pass under the bridge about to turn left on Middle Street, but there’s one boy around 15-17years...

Catcalled

Jade, aged 26 2023 I was walking up to Tesco with my mum when a van with two older men slowed down as they approached us, one of them began beeping his horn and I could hear him shouting “Oi blondey” and pointing at me, as I looked up towards him he then did a ‘blowjob’ type gesture...

Verbally abused

Liberty, Aged 16

2022

An elderly man repeatedly told me to sit in his lap getting more aggressive each time despite trying to politely turn him down.

Catcalled

Nat Aged 23 I was walking through the town centre with a friend wearing a skirt and tights a man and his friends walked past me, staring at me and my friend saying stuff about my legs and skirt. They said they’d love to sleep with a girl with dyed hair and tattoos like mine and...

Skirt lifted

Carla Wilson, 27 2023 I was enjoying a day out for my sisters birthday and a guy decided to lift up my skirt when I was dancing. This is the first time I’ve felt good about myself in a skirt since I had a baby. Security threw the guy out which I was thankful for. However, I should...

Groped

Aged 14/15 2009 I was walking home alone from a friend’s house as a teenager and had to go past a group of lads. One of them suddenly ran up to me and smacked my rear end really hard. Him and all his friends laughed. I got away as quick as I could. It made me feel so humiliated and...

Verbally harassed

Aged 20

15th May 2023

[On the number 9 bus] a man asked questions where I lived , my age, who I lived with , if I had a partner and for my number.

Harassed

SB Aged 24 2023 Nobody was on the bus but myself and the bus driver. At the next stop from mine a man got on, that I was fine with, he sat right at the back of the bus. Again, that’s fine. Then out of nowhere he decides to get up and sit right beside me out of all the seats he chose...

Sexual assault

Aged 15/16 2016 In year 11, I got sat next to a boy in maths class. We had been sat next to each other the whole year and had got to know each other well so I saw him as a friend. When we left the classroom one day, I was walking in front of him. We were the last ones to leave so there...

Indecent exposure

2023 Bystander account A 60 year old man approached a 15 year old girl and exposed himself, making direct eye contact and then began urinating. When approached by myself and a couple others he pretended to pass out on the floor and even threw his wallet to make it look like we mugged him...

Spiked

Aged 19 I got spiked in a club in Poulton and ended up jumping out of moving car and had a concussion. I reported it to police, the club and the doctors. No help was given by any. Doctors [said they] couldn’t take blood test as I’d waited two days* before going as I was so unwell I...

Harassed

Aged 36 6th May 2023 Stood outside a bar on Topping Street at 8pm on my own, I was approached by a man who asked me for money. I told him I didn’t have any but he kept speaking to me. He had an accent and I couldn’t make out what he was saying. He walked away after a few...

Harassed

Aged 36 28th April 2023 Stood outside a bar on Birley Street a man approached me and several other women one after the other asking for money. I didn’t initially map this incident as I thought he potentially was in genuine need although it was quite intimidating as he came right up...

Nearly spiked

Beth, aged 29 30th April 2023 I was in a bar enjoying my night with a few friends, we’d all had a few drinks and was dancing. A girl came over to us and told us they’d seen a group of men were seen slipping something into somebody’s drink. This group of men were stood directly behind me...