Jill Perrett attacked and stalked by train carriage creep in Thornbury
A MUM assaulted by a pervert on a Thornbury train in a terrifying attack that continued as he stalked her at Flagstaff Station says the death of Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon moved her to go public, saying: “We’ve got to call out these creeps.”
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A MUM assaulted by a train creep in a terrifying daylight ordeal says the death of Eurydice Dixon moved her to speak out against her attacker.
Jill Perrett, 49, had just boarded a train at Thornbury when she was repeatedly assaulted by an unknown man on May 16.
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When confronted, the vile creep asked the mother of three to “give me a lap dance” before calmly walking away.
Ms Perrett said the recent rape and murder of 22-year-old aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon in a Carlton park had convinced her to take a stand.
“Enough is enough: any behaviour to women, any time of the day, anywhere, is not acceptable — we’ve got to call out these creeps,” she said.
“I won’t call this person a man, because the men I know don’t behave like that.”
Ms Perrett’s declaration comes as police hunt a rapist who abducted a woman in Carlton early on Sunday morning.
And detectives are still probing a March 28 sexual assault on a woman in nearby Parkville.
Ms Perrett was shocked by the brazenness of the assault, which took place during the morning peak while she was on her way to jury duty.
“He was standing very close to me (and) by the time we reached Clifton Hill I became very aware he was touching me on the back of my leg (and) pressing against me,” she said.
“He was (touching me) quite subtly, so I don’t know that other people were aware he was doing it.”
Ms Perrett tried to get away from her attacker, who followed her when she left the train at Flagstaff station.
“I was afraid, I couldn’t see anybody else around on the platform … it was just him and I and the train tracks.”
The man again assaulted Ms Perrett and demanded a lap dance before stalking her to the station exit.
“He stared at me the whole way up the escalators (at Flagstaff station),” she said.
The creep fled once station staff and police were called.
The traumatised woman said she could no longer catch public transport.
Senior Constable Andrew Paulet described the offender as “very confident” and urged him to come forward.
“I’d certainly describe his actions as being very confident, (because) this was peak hour on the train and there were quite a few people around,” he said.
The man was described as being of Pacific Islander or Asian appearance, in his mid-20s, about 160cm tall with a slim build and a thin moustache.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
