Women say they are scared to go out in one part of Liverpool after women reported being groped, followed or harassed in public in recent weeks.
One jogger, 21-year-old Harper Clayson, said she was followed by a man in a white van shouting abuse at her while she ran along Lawrence Road in Picton. The final year history student switched from her previous route through Sefton Park due to being followed by people on scooters. Harper said: "I have anxiety and I run to help deal with that, so when you have someone driving alongside you as you're running, it just brings all of that back."
Just around the corner on Cretan Road, another woman said a boy grabbed her buttocks and another snatched a vape from her friend's hand after a group of children she estimated were aged between five and 12 shouted abuse and threw lolly ices at the pair. The woman, who asked not to be named, said she's "seen it happen to quite a few people" and knows of a friend who was punched by a group of kids in the area. Another woman posted in a Facebook group about being groped by kids just around the corner around Langton Road the following week.
