Yeovil Youths Burst Used Condom Over Disabled Woman’s Head In Horror Attack

A disabled woman has been left too scared to leave her home after youths burst a substance filled condom over her head in a horror attack in Yeovil.

Donna Stanley, who is 48 and has severe mobility problems, was on her way back from the pharmacy at Abbey Manor Forum in Yeovil when she was targeted by a group of boys and girls.

“It was incredibly loud. When I turned around I saw that it was a condom. I don’t know what was inside it but they were laughing and shouting. I said – what have you done that for? I was in shock and started to get quite emotional.”

Luckily, two men came to Mrs Stanley’s aid and chased off the perpetrators.

Mrs Stanley said: “A van stopped and two workmen got out and shouted at them to leave me alone. They ran off and the two men asked me if I was ok. I said yes and that I just wanted to be on my way home. I was crying my eyes out. I don’t know what people thought of me.”

Mrs Stanley said the attack had seriously affected her self confidence and she now felt scared leaving the house.

She said: “With my illness, it’s taken me a while to come to terms with it and how I’ve had to change. It’s taken me a long time to build up my confidence to go out.

“I’ve had verbal abuse before but this is the first time anyone has actually come up close to me.

“I don’t know what was inside it the condom but it went all over my clothes and in my hair. The incident has really knocked my confidence about going out again. I just don’t want it to happen to someone even more vulnerable than me.”

Mrs Stanley’s daughter Naomi said she was disappointed in the police’s reaction to the incident and that, despite calling 101 at 5.30pm on Monday, officers had failed to visit Mrs Stanley and collect a statement by Tuesday lunchtime.

Miss Stanley said: “She is absolutely distraught about it. When she came home I had to convince her to call the police as she’s not the kind of person to make a fuss. They said they would get someone out as soon as possible but no-one came.

“They rang back at 9pm and apologised that someone hadn’t been out as soon as they should have. To me that’s just not good enough. I feel very angry about this. I also feel guilty because I feel like I should have been with her but you don’t know these things are going to happen do you?”

Avon and Somerset Constabulary confirmed it was looking into the incident and that an officer would visit Mrs Stanley soon to take a statement.

A spokesman for the force said: “We were called on October 12 at 5.30pm to a report that a woman had had a condom pushed against her head by two youths on St Patrick’s Road, Yeovil.

“The two youths are described as being aged between 10 – 12 years old, they were both white males. One was described as having blond hair and wearing a grey tracksuit and the other was wearing dark clothing and riding a scooter.

“We’ve made contact with the victim to arrange going over to interview her about what happened. Anyone who was in the area between 4.30pm – 5.30pm who saw what happened should come forward quoting log number 633 on 12/10.”