The following could only happen in Brighton or Hove. I was recently walking past Primark in Western Road, Brighton, when a "hoody"

jumped out of the door and headed towards an older person in front of me.

I thought this yob was going to attack this lady so I prepared myself to hit them - I could not tell they were were male or female - with my heavy briefcase.

I thought "it" may have had a knife or a gun but, no, it had a clipboard. It was one of those people who try to get money out of you for good causes, in this case the Children's Society.

Is there not a law to stop these people? Jumping out on strangers in the street is unacceptable. Do they receive no professional training?

  • Steve Windsor, Frith Road, Hove