hello, ive only just joined today for the sole purpose of reporting an assault, i do read this site and find it very helpful just sorry my first post is such a negative one. i was assaulted yesterday 9th december in my appartment in leeds. the guy is a painter and decorator (can tell with clothing and have googled his number which confirms this). he is apprx 5'9" and medium build, white, light brown hair, i know not a great description but his eyes were very striking and i think quite long lashes. he calls himself paul and i do believe this however can only say so much as i am definatly pressing charges (he is in custody now and have every reason to believe he will be remanded, again cant discuss why for obvious reasons). he has visited me on a couple of occasions and phone rang minute he came through door, he said he had to leave for work on one occasion and had to pick his daughter up on the other occasion, both times walking through to my lounge (in hindsite i guess to see if i was alone), he came on one occasion for a service and was a nice guy (or so i thought!) but after service looked round appartment (i know i broke every rule there but have definatly paid for that) and left without any problems. yesterday however was very different, he arrived and when i asked for the money he made a big deal of needing loo first, he came out of bathroom and said hed left his wallet in the van and would be back in 5 mins, he did come back and when i again asked for the money he launched at me without saying a word, the first punch to the back of the head floored me and can only describe what insued for a few seconds after was a sustained attack, no words were spoken by him. luckily i did have security with me in the building and he was dragged off me very quickly. as i have said im sorry for such a bad post but i firmly believe this guy was out to do massive damage and not just scare. if anyone else has had anything similar happen pls contact me as for my safety and that of all other girls i can not possibly live with myself if i didnt take this as far as i can

thankyou and yes i agree i hope he goes down for a long time, i will certainly do all in my power for that to happen. like i said i couldnt forgive myself if i didnt report this and someone got the same treatment or worse, as i cant stress enough that he seriously was out to do massive damage. i forgot to mention i would say he is in his late 30s (i think, never been great on ages). i really hope this helps and i do have his number if anyone needs it, havnt posted here as unsure if allowed, thanks girls x

You can post his number but you must hide two digits (i.e. 01234 **7 890), just to protect the forum because even a criminal can try to take legal action against us if they find we're publicly listing potentially unsafe information about them.

It is specifically the LAST two digits that should be hidden; randomly scattering asterisks about is fine for the Data Protection  Act but not a lot of use in the Search box if people are trying to check somebody who has contacted them. It is IDENTIFYING information which cannot be listed, but as EMily says, do feel free to pass the number on via PM  .

LE, I'm assuming you have reported to the police already, but you could also contact Genesis which is your local project - details can be found here. They can pass on the information to alert other ladies and will also support you with reporting if you haven't done so yet.

Hi there,
Sorry to hear about your attack and i hope you feel better soon.
This guy sounds very similar to a guy i used to see he was called paul and was a painter to.He said he came from preston.It will be at least 6 years since it happened to me but it is very similar to what you have said.Pm me if you want to know more.
Love Cat x

just a quick update to say im dissapointed that i cant yet give you an update. apparantly he did go to court this morning and i still dont know if he has been remanded or not! despite me making 3 phone calls to find out, each time i was told they would contact me, and yes each time they havnt. i now have been told there is nobody there  that can tell me until monday at the earliest. i cant describe how i feel now apart from scared, let down etc etc etc, i feel i shouldnt have bothered!!!!  if this is how we are treated its no wonder girls are reluctant to inform them as i know i for one wish i hadnt

well girls, not the result i was praying for . he was granted bail and has a tag and a curfew between 9pm and 7am!!!!!!! he is in court again tuesday where basically it will be refered to crown court nothing more oh and the horrible man that calls him his solicitor is going to try to even stop his curfew!!! hope he can sleep with that decision . im absolutly devastated (maybe the biggest understatement of my life). this is the courts decision and i have to accept that, not the polices, finding it very hard to swallow and have no doubt ill have quite a few down moments. the only concellation is that i was told when he was questioned he was "very honest", the tw** ill give him fu**ing honesty. sorry for using swear words albeit with a little edited out. if i get my day in court ill nail the bast*** if its the last thing i do. wont rant anymore as dont want to put anymore of a downer on this and ill save your eyes from the inevitable headache. thanks again for everyones messages and dont forget us girls are 10000% better than this scum of the earth, shame the public and courts cant see that eh, take care and ill post again if i ever get him for this

So sorry to hear this.  I'm glad you went to the Police and he's been arrested, but not at all surprised he's been bailed. Same thing happened to me in 2007  before I was escorting.
We're all here for you, but realise for legal reasons you can't say too much.
Thank GOD you had security!
Love and hugs Daisy xxx

*Hug* I hope he gets the worst prison sentence. My last boyfriend was in jail and he told me that guys that come in assualts on women get hard times in prison. Doesn't matter what the woman does for a living, it is still not right. Keep strong hun xxx