Comedian Katherine Ryan has praises British Transport Police after her teenage daughter Violet was sexually harassed by a stranger on the London Underground.
Ryan, 40, spoke out after her 14-year-old daughter was harassed on the tube during a day out with her cousin Lily by "grown men".
After the comedian recounted her daughter's experience, Lucy D'Orsi, the Chief Constable of British Transport Police, reached out to the star after hearing the story. Taking to the podcast, Ryan had explained: "I'm p***ed off this week because Violet and her cousin Lily have been out in London," she explained. "They've been out in the day; they've been out on the train just doing very wholesome activities.
Explaining the situation, Ryan said: 'There was a man in the middle of the day filming them on the underground. Just a man on his own who got his phone out and starts filming these girls sat opposite him.'
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