West End actress accuses Met Police of ‘ghosting’ her for months
West End actress accuses Met Police of IGNORING her pleas to catch man she filmed following her through London while calling her a sl**’ and threatening her
- Corrine Priest claims police ghosted her months after she reported harassment
- The actress, who appeared in Les Misérables, filmed the incident last November
- She says police failed to find the man after they were given his name and number
An actress has accused the Metropolitan Police of ‘ghosting her’ after officers failed to track down a suspect who harassed her as she walked home alone.
Corrine Priest, who starred in Les Misérables in the West End, claims she was followed and harassed by a man after she complained about people not wearing face masks on the Tube.
Video footage shows the man calling her a ‘posh c***’ and a ‘sl**’ as she walked home from Hendon Tube Station in London last November.
Ms Priest says she gave officers the suspect’s name and telephone number, and footage of his appearance on a television dating show.
But four months on from the incident, she says Scotland Yard ignored her and fail to ‘take this kind of thing seriously.’
Her comments come amid fury over the force’s handling of a vigil held on Saturday evening for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common.
Corrine Priest (pictured) is a West End actress who appeared in the Les Misérables stage production
A shaken Corrine posted the videos to Twitter shortly after the altercation, saying: ‘Trigger warning. Just got harassed, threatened and followed home because I told my mum on the phone that people aren’t wearing masks on the tube’
Ms Priest (pictured) says she was called a ‘posh c***’ and a ‘sl**’ by the man as she walked home from Hendon Tube Station in London, and filmed the incident
Trigger warning ¿¿ Just got harassed, threatened and followed home because I told my Mum on the phone that people aren¿t wearing masks on the tube. These narcissistic men will continue to do this & it is dangerous. I am upset for us. Outside Hendon tube. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/CoObAlJs9K
— Corrine Priest (@CorrinePriest) November 6, 2020
The exchange apparently began after the man overheard Ms Priest on the phone to her mother talking about people not wearing face coverings on the Tube.
Ms Priest told The Telegraph: ‘What can women do if the police won’t stand up for us?
‘I honestly did everything I could but the Metropolitan Police just don’t seem to take this kind of thing seriously.’
As the video begins, Ms Priest is seen filming herself as she is pursued by the man, who tells her: ‘You’re a dirty little f****** life.’
Speaking to the camera, she says: ‘Someone is filming me, he is following me. I don’t know what to do.’
She then turns to him and says: ‘I don’t want any trouble, I don’t want any trouble.’
But the man shouts: ‘Apologise now’, as Ms Priest replies that she is sorry.
Still following her, he continues: ‘You said some guy wearing a mask, did you say it or not? You didn’t directly do it to me no?’
Ms Priest retorts: ‘No I did not, not to you, no I promise I don’t want any trouble.’
The man says: ‘I ain’t threatening you yeah, but I’ve got people yeah if you want to mouth off like some rude girl.’
Ms Priest responds: ‘I was speaking to my mum on the phone, it’s not okay and now you’re following me I’d really appreciate if you don’t because it is quite intimidating.’
The stranger says: ‘Intimidating yeah? I am an intimidating person.’
Speaking to the camera, she says: ‘Someone is filming me, he is following me. I don’t know what to do’
Ms Priest, still filming, responds: ‘And you called me a posh sl** and a c*** that’s unacceptable.’
The man responds: ‘Yeah well that’s exactly what you are behaving like.’
The pair continue to have a back and forth on whether Ms Priest’s comments were directed at the man for not wearing a mask, as she repeatedly tells him they were not.
The man tells Ms Priest to apologise for a second time, despite her already doing so.
She responds: ‘But also at the same time don’t come and threaten me to say that you’re going to beat me up and follow me home.’
The man adds: ‘I’ve got two other sisters. I would never touch a girl, but it doesn’t mean I can’t f**** say what’s on my mind. Watch yourself yeah and don’t behave like that.’
The argument continues as Ms Priest retorts: ‘You and your friend coming to beat me up?’ The man responds: ‘We can easily do that right now.’
Ms Priest posted the videos to Twitter shortly after the altercation last November, writing: ‘Trigger warning. Just got harassed, threatened and followed home because I told my mum on the phone that people aren’t wearing masks on the tube.
‘These narcissistic men will continue to do this and it is dangerous. I am upset for us. I hate how scared I was. I had to be submissive for my safety.
‘It is not ok that this s*** happens. It happened because I am a woman and I was alone. He walked away thinking he taught me a lesson and without apologising. He is reported.
‘I feel it’s my responsibility to share. I don’t know, just stay safe everyone, there are some odd people out there.’
A Met Police spokesman said: ‘Police received an online report on 6 November 2020. A woman aged in her 20s reported that she had been harassed and threatened by a man near Hendon tube station at around 13:50hrs that afternoon. There have been no arrests. Enquiries continue.’