Love Island star Laura Anderson took to her Instagram story to reveal that her boyfriend Tom Brazier was a attacked by a mugger on their first night in Barcelona.
The 31-year-old seemed pretty shaken as she told fans that she “couldn’t sleep” much last night after the scary ordeal.
Documenting the incident, Laura revealed how she’d had a “gut feeling they were being watched” as they headed out for a romantic dinner together in the Spanish city.
As they hailed a taxi a man appeared out of nowhere and had it have not been for brave Laura who seemed to fight off the mugger, things could have been a lot worse.
Laura Anderson took to Instagram to describe the scary ordeal (Image: INSTAGRAM)
Her main purpose in relaying the details was to raise awareness and to urge travellers to be vigilant when heading abroad as coronavirus lockdown measures are eased.
Recounting the terrifying incident, she said: “So last night was horrible. Me and Tom decided to walk for a bit, try and get a photo and basically got mugged.
“Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. You just get this gut feeling these two guys were watching us. Tom kept saying ‘it’s fine, it’s fine’ and we hailed a cab to go home.
Laura fought off the attacker by whacking him with her phone on the shoulder (Image: INSTAGRAM)
“Tom opened the door for me and was like ‘in you go’ and I was like ‘it’s fine, I’ll go round to the side’ which I’m glad I did because when Tom went to get in, the guy came from nowhere and pushed him.”
Intervening as she saw her boyfriend trying to fend off the unprovoked attacker, she said: “Tom pushed him because he was coming at him.
“The guy was trying to get his watch off his arm and I ran round the back of the cab and yelled ‘f**k off’ and whacked him on the shoulder with my phone.
“He sort of scuffled off. It was horrible. Tom told me to get in the car and we didn’t know where this guy’s friend was or if he was going to come from behind me or if they had any weapons.
Tom felt nervous to head out again after the ordeal (Image: INSTAGRAM)
“All of that for a watch. Tom was attacked. They didn’t get the watch. I think my swearing is what scared them off, I am loud.”
Laura then told her 1.5million fans how her holiday ordeal had dampened their spirits and how they felt nervous to venture out after the attack.
She concluded: “I think we both reacted pretty well but I just couldn’t sleep. We feel like we can’t go out without looking over our shoulders.
“We wanted to go to the beach and workout and I don’t feel like we can do that, leave our stuff unattended.”
Despite their initial fears, the pair decided it wasn’t going to ruin their holiday after all and later headed out to the beach.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
