Karen (not her real name) was in her bedroom on a psychiatric ward when a male nurse sexually assaulted her. It was during the pandemic and she had been sectioned for her own safety following a long history of mental ill health.
“I was in my pyjamas, sat at my desk, and he exposed himself and masturbated in front of me,” she says. “I screamed and threw a chair between us. I probably only managed to actually say no because I’d been in therapy for a year prior to that incident.”
