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JJ Donoghue & Phil Norris

Woman's terrifying train ordeal as boys surround her and threaten to 'stab her'

A woman said a group of boys tormented her and threatened her with violence as she travelled alone on a train. Danielle Clarke said four boys harassed her by blowing on her face, touching her face and her ear, while a member of staff and other passengers did nothing.

The 26-year-old from Bristol said she was told she would be stabbed and one of them spat at her as she travelled on a train from Frome in Somerset to Bristol Temple Meads on Sunday, April 3 at around 5pm. She told Bristol Live that the four boys were aged between 12 and 14 and continued to torment her even after shouting at them to go away.

She had been sitting at a table on her own on a Great Western Railway service when the boys surrounded her and began intimidating her. She said: "I just felt helpless like no one was going to help me.

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