2011 Aged 21 I was walking to work around 6pm during an icy, dark winter. I thought I was alone but realised a much older man was following me. He started shouting sexually explicit things and speeding up behind me. It was to icy for me to run but luckily someone came walking towards us...
Bystander account by Paul Maynard MP 9/12/2022 I attended the Reclaim the Night march as I believe it is important that everyone can enjoy a night out without fear of intimidation and harassment. The second instance of catcalling I witnessed was on passing Ma Kelly’s where an older...
Bystander account by Paul Maynard MP 9/12/2022 I attended the Reclaim the Night march as I believe it is important that everyone can enjoy a night out without fear of intimidation and harassment. Because I was coming to join a bit late from another event, I had almost caught up the march...
2004-2020
Aged 15-31
[In a public building] Groomed from being 15 and coercive controlled and sexually harassed thereafter by the same person.
2022 Aged 36 On Thursday 1st December me and a friend were having a drink in a local bar. I went to the toilet while she got the drinks and when I came back she was having an animated conversation with a guy at the bar and the barmaid. It sounded friendly enough and I didn’t think...
2022 Aged 25 I was waiting at the bar for a drink, it was a busy event. An older man was waiting in the queue behind me and asked me if I was ‘from here’ and why I looked so miserable, and I told him I was just waiting for a drink and then turned back around to face the bar...
2008 Aged 26 I was making the short walk to my car after my night shift working behind a bar. There were very few people still around and it was a very cold winter night so I was wrapped up in my winter coat, scarf and woolly hat and walking very briskly towards where I was parked. An...
2022 C, aged 41 I was walking into town yesterday morning (Wednesday 30th November) for a meeting, when a man aged about 30 started shouting after me. I kept walking as I didn’t know him and I just felt something was ‘off’. He got closer and he was calling “Hello...
2022 Aged 17 I was walking home with dinner in my hand. When I was crossing the road a man walked passed me and said I had ‘beautiful knockers on my chest’. I continued home concerned and then I noticed 3 separate men in different cars looking at me up and down and whistling. I was only...
2021 Sophie, aged 23 I was riding my bike down Dickson Road and a man on a bike followed me about 100 metres on his bike. I tried to speed up but not make it obvious but he did speed up and slowed slightly riding in front of me so I couldnt go any faster and started the questions…...
2001 Aged 13
Waiting for the bus with friends and a man starting shouting things at us, asking if we wanted it. He was wearing a kilt and just got everything out and shook it at us. He walked away laughing.
2022 Aged 22
I saw a guy put something in my drink. I told door staff and the manager – they just laughed at me.
2021 Aged 24
I was skateboarding with a group of friends on Comedy Carpet. A man walked straight up to me whilst exposing himself and masturbating. I was too shocked say anything at the time but it left me feeling extremely violated.
2022 Aged 26 I was enjoying a birthday night out with my friends. We went straight to the bar to order drinks and it was busy. A man at the bar started chatting with me. It seemed innocent enough, like friendly banter, so I thought nothing of it. I ordered two drinks, and while I was...
2011 Aged 15 I was walking through the park to meet with some friends at Salisbury Woodlands at around 5pm; it was golden hour so there was still plenty of daylight but the park was quiet. An older man (maybe mid-30s) was walking towards the main gate in the opposite direction to me and...