Selina Scott has revealed she was the sufferer of a calculated avenue theft in central London and was attacked in broad daylight by a gaggle posing as passers-by
Veteran broadcaster Selina Scott has revealed she was assaulted and robbed in a daunting daylight ambush in central London. The previous ITV Information at Ten presenter, 74, recounted being surrounded and attacked by a gaggle of as much as eight individuals as she exited a Waterstones close to Piccadilly.
The assailants – described as sporting costly sportswear and showing East Asian – initially seemed to be abnormal passers-by earlier than all of a sudden closing in. “I used to be proper by a busy bus cease, though nobody would have identified what was happening,” she wrote within the Mail on Sunday. “It was slick, transient and clearly engineered to occur in the course of a crowd.”
Scott stated she was struck behind the knee, initially believing she’d been stabbed, and located herself boxed in. As she clung tightly to her designer backpack, one other group rammed into her from the opposite facet. “I used to be being attacked from either side on the similar time,” she stated.
Regardless of combating again and holding onto the bag, the attackers managed to unzip it and flee along with her purse, which contained money, playing cards, and her driving licence. “I nonetheless really feel shattered after what has occurred. I can’t imagine it occurred to me,” she stated.
The ordeal has left her bodily bruised however emotionally shaken. “I’m mentally resilient and bodily match, but when they’ll assault me in such a brazen method they’ll assault anybody,” she stated. “You’re left feeling not simply traumatised, however silly that you’ve in some way let it occur.”
Scott, who famously interviewed Donald Trump throughout her lengthy profession in journalism, expressed outrage over what she sees as a visual absence of regulation enforcement within the capital.
“I walked up and down a few of London’s busiest central areas and didn’t see a single officer,” she stated. “I’m additionally livid in regards to the lack of police on our streets. No surprise the gang who set about me have a way of impunity—they’ll do something they need as a result of they know nobody will cease them.”
The Metropolitan Police responded to the incident by defending their presence within the space, stating: “Whereas we perceive that the sufferer was annoyed that she couldn’t see any cops on the road, a big variety of officers patrol the West Finish on daily basis – not simply in uniform on foot, but additionally in plain garments and in autos to have the very best alternative to establish and apprehend suspects. We might be completely happy to speak to the sufferer to raised perceive her issues.”
Scott stated she was finally relieved the gang didn’t use a knife – however stays deeply rattled by the expertise. “It was so swift and practised that it was clear it was a coordinated assault,” she stated.
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