Heroic pups save dog walker from attempted rape after masked brute tried to chase her into tunnel
A dog walker in Australia has spoken out after a man allegedly tried to get her into a tunnel to sexually assault her and also grabbed her friend by the neck. An unidentified man on Tuesday leapt out of a bush in Kooyong, in southeast Melbourne, as the two women were walking their eight dogs and allegedly grabbed one of them.
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A dog walker in Australia has spoken out after a man allegedly tried to get her into a tunnel to sexually assault her and also grabbed her friend by the neck. An unidentified man on Tuesday leapt out of a bush in Kooyong, in southeast Melbourne, as the two women were walking their eight dogs and allegedly grabbed one of them. “He lunged for my friend and grabbed a hold of her neck and upper shoulders,” the woman told 9News. “Then he started walking over to me and talking and threatening me to get me into the tunnel, and he wanted to have sex with me.” Police are hunting for the man whose alleged attempts to sexually assault two women were thwarted by a loyal paw patrol.
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- A dog walker in Australia has spoken out after a man allegedly tried to get her into a tunnel to sexually assault her and also grabbed her friend by the neck. An unidentified man on Tuesday leapt out of a bush in Kooyong, in southeast Melbourne, as the two women were walking their eight dogs and allegedly grabbed one of them.
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