A woman who fought off a random attacker on her way to work has spoken out in light of the recent horrific murders in Ireland. A woman who fought off a random attacker on her way to work has spoken out in light of the recent horrific murders in Ireland. 'Next thing these hands came around me' - victim of sex attacker at Luas stop tells harrowing tale on Late LateRuth Maxwell (46) was walking to the Luas stop in May 2016 when a man grabbed her from behind and held a knife to her neck. "It was just a regular Monday morning, I was getting up for work, the sun was shining, I put my work clothes on, my makeup was on," she told Ryan Tubridy on RTE's The Late Late show last night. "And then I started to scream, and the scream was like some sort of primal scream that came out of me.

Source: Irish Independent May 26, 2018 07:30 UTC