North Northamptonshire Council's leader has defended the painting of 'safe routes' home on the streets of Corby's Old Village.
A council initiative to help keep vulnerable people safe as they walked home after a night out has been met with anger.
But Gulshen Bano, CEO of Strike Back Self Defence for Women , said she did not understand how it would keep women and girls safe. "As we know violence against women and girls is at epidemic levels across the UK," the SBSD CEO told the"Literally stencilling something on the floor and telling women this path is the right way to go - what is that?"
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