English tourist recounts horror moment she was punched by a man on Melbourne street

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English tourist recounts horror moment she was punched by a man on Melbourne street
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An English woman holidaying in Australia has said she no longer feels safe going out in Melbourne after being punched in the face by a man while walking down the street.

English woman holidaying in Australia recounts horror moment she was punched in the face by a man on Swan Street , Richmond

CCTV of the incident showed a man who was accompanied by multiple other males wave a football scarf in front of Poppy as she and a friend walked in the opposite direction. A woman who was punched in the face on Swan Street, Richmond month spoke to reporters in Melbourne on Wednesday about the incident. Picture: Wayne Taylor"He said something to me, I can't remember what it was that he said, and just went to push him away, to just be like leave me alone, sort of thing," Poppy said.

Poppy said she has only just had stitches removed from her face, and being on a puree diet for six weeks meant she missed having a birthday cake for her 20th earlier this month.

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