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Kirsty Gallacher calls for more police on streets after she was kicked 'like a football'
Broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher has called for more police on the streets and greater action on violence against women and girls after she was attacked last year.
Gallacher said she was assaulted by a man as she walked to her car after work in central London - but he has never been found. "He turned around and kicked me - really kicked me - like he would kick a football," she told the UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee.
The former Sky Sports presenter said violence against females had almost become acceptable and was treated as "one of those things". "That's why that's why women don't report these crimes because also not enough is being done about it," she said.
Gallacher said police were "fantastically supportive" at the time and she felt "we're going to get this guy" - especially as the CCTV was said to be clear - but the attacker appears to have evaded justice. The 50-year-old presenter said she'd been shocked by how few police were around at the time of the assault.
"My biggest sadness or anger was there was not enough of a police presence. And we're in central London and I was looking everywhere, like I almost wanted to shout, 'please help me!'.
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