"The 24-year-old says she was travelling on the Elizabeth Line service from Liverpool Street station towards Essex when a man approached and attempted to speak to her while she had her earphones in. After trying to ignore him, Amber says the man 'grabbed her arm' and stood in front of her to 'cage her in'. Amber claims the man then placed his hand on her leg, before sexually assaulting her."
"Luckily, other passengers on the train saw the assault take place and intervened. Amber says one man 'tackled' the perpetrator off of her while someone else phoned the British Transport Police, who arrested the male at Stratford Station. The part-time model and pet sitter says she was 'terrified' to get back on a train following the incident and was referred for therapy."
"The offender - who Amber chose never to learn the name of - was sentenced at Thames Magistrates Court on December 11, after pleading guilty to the charge of sexual assault at an earlier hearing. He was given a 16-week suspended prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay Amber 900 compensation. Amber says the sentencing helped to give her 'closure' and she is now backing a campaign for female-only carriages to be introduced on the Transport for London (TfL) Underground."
Amber Dowling-Doyle was sexually assaulted on an Elizabeth Line train while travelling from Liverpool Street towards Essex. A man approached her, attempted to speak while she had earphones in, grabbed her arm, stood in front of her to cage her in, and placed his hand on her leg before assaulting her. Other passengers intervened, one man tackled the perpetrator and police were called; the attacker was arrested at Stratford Station. The offender pleaded guilty, received a 16-week suspended sentence suspended for two years, and was ordered to pay Amber 900 compensation. Amber was referred for therapy, waived anonymity, and now supports women-only Tube carriages.
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