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Sophie Watson
Cyclist Sophie Watson acknowledged she ceaselessly questioned if she may well maybe tumble into the canal, nevertheless failed to request to be pushed in
At the least two women were pushed correct into a canal by a gang of young men on bikes.
Sophie Watson become shoved into the water end to the University of Birmingham as she cycled past the community on Friday evening.
Quickly afterwards, as she made her formula home, she came across one other lady who had furthermore been pushed in.
Ms Watson, who has reported the matter to police, become left bruised and shaken nevertheless in any other case unhurt.
West Midlands Police has yet to comment.
‘Cycled off laughing’
The 26-twelve months-ragged acknowledged she ceaselessly cycles alongside the route by the University of Birmingham and had been out on my own for a leisure dart when it befell.
She had been cycling in direction of the metropolis centre when she saw as much as ten boys on bikes impending her.
“I went on the canal side to let them circulation and the principle one cycled past and acknowledged ‘he’s going to push you in'”, she acknowledged.
“I deem the sixth one pushed me in and in addition they factual cycled off laughing. There become a jogger in entrance of me nevertheless they did no longer carry out anything to him, they courteously went past him.”
She acknowledged she become left with a shimmering bruise on her bottom, from hitting the bottom of the canal.
“Or no longer it’s miles plenty shallower than I idea,” she acknowledged.
One of the incidents took dwelling end to The Vale, end to the University of Birmingham
She acknowledged she doesn’t in actual fact utilize into yarn getting out of the canal, nevertheless managed to retrieve her bike and carried on a transient formula the assign apart she came across one other sufferer by The Vale pupil lodging.
“I may well maybe see one other lady, about my age, in tears and two cyclists serving to her,” she acknowledged. “She had been pushed in too.
“I am aloof a miniature worried by it all, nevertheless I’ve had a large response to the incident on Twitter.
“I could persist with it cycling nevertheless I deem I could steer definite of the canal for a miniature. I’m disquieted they appreciate got focused other women.”