A teenager today told how she burst into tears after being pursued and attacked outside her home.

Kristy Brown, 17, was walking home from her grandmother's when a cyclist with rotten teeth stopped her in London Road to ask for directions to Hadleigh's shops.

Safe now - Kirsty Brown was followed home by the man Picture: ROB BROWNE

Kristy, a student, told him where they were and swiftly carried on her journey home to nearby Lynton Road, Hadleigh.

Around five minutes later she was walking along her road when the cyclist reappeared by her side.

Kristy said: "It was at this point I realised something was wrong. It dawned on me that I had been followed and I instantly felt scared.

"He said to me 'Where does this road lead?' and I told him it was a dead end because I just wanted rid of him.

"He then asked why I was going down here and then jumped off his bike reached out and grabbed me. He had one hand on my waist and one on my hip, I managed to twist out of his grasp and ran towards my house.

The King John sixth form student managed to get inside her home and slammed the door behind her.

But her ordeal was not over. She continued: "He started knocking very gently at the front door. I just froze, I was sitting on the floor and couldn't stop crying.

After a few minutes the man disappeared and Kristy phoned her boyfriend who told her to call the police.

The attack happened at around 4.30pm on Wednesday.

Published Friday, June 6, 2003

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