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Bristol Post
National
JJ Donoghue

Bristol woman on GWR train to Temple Meads says boys 'threatened to stab her'

A Bristol woman says a group of boys threatened to stab her and spat at her on a train, while a staff member and other passengers did nothing to help. Danielle Clarke told Bristol Live that four boys began harassing her on a Great Western Railway train heading from Frome towards Bristol Temple Meads on Sunday, April 3 at about 5pm.

The 26-year-old from Easton says the boys, who she estimated were aged between 12 and 14 years old, surrounded her on her table while she sat alone and intimidated her, which she said was "horrible". "I just felt helpless like no one was going to help me. It's one of those things, I kept thinking I should have done something a bit different but I defended myself," she said.

She shouted at the boys to go away but they repeatedly harassed her. "They said give us your Instagram and we'll go away, they kept on blowing on my face, touching my face, touching my ear," she said.

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