Well i was just leaving the library on the 26th of October at about half past 5 in the evening it had just started to go dark. I was quite relaxed at first and texting on my phone then i turned down a road that i use to get home its a short cut. As i turned on to this road i saw a old house mate walking ahead of me i thought he wont see me if i slow down i slowed down and crossed to the other side of the road, i thought he hadnt seen me i turned down another side road and walked quicker trying to get down there as quickly as i can. I thought that because that side road was darkly lit he would not recognise me, but he started calling my name i didnt respond i kept walking then he ran over to me. Then he said some stuff about him getting his student visa sorted and that if i have the one i took from him last year i can keep it i then turned and said to him that if he has my ipod i want it back.( Last year i had my ipod stolen from my room he was the only one in the house at the time, he had some visa papers stolen and cos i signed for them he thought i had taken them even though the police found me innocent.)

After i said that he started swearing at me and calling me a disgusting, filthy horrible person etc. I pushed him away with one hand so that i could keep walking then he punched my face. When i came round he had gone and taken my watch too,i slowly got up felt a pain on my face used my fingers to check all my teeth were there they were but my gums were bleeding and i had a really bad headache and was feeling sick. I didnt know what to do so i walked home really quickly and text  my girlfriend saying what had happened. When i got home i realised i had a cut on my face and a pain in my side when i check i found i had a bruise there and a graze on my arm. My house mates convinced me to go to the police the next day to report it. that night i couldnt sleep as everytime i closed my eyes i relif what happened to me. The next day i got up early with a house mate went to a police station they gave me a number to call i did so and then later that day i went to have some photos taken off my injuries. Then on friday i went to give my statement about what happened.

What has happened to me has left me shaken up i cant walk the same way to uni anymore, my  physical cuts and bruises are healing but the rest is not. I have been diagnosed with a concussion which could last upto a month, it has effected my focus in lectures, it has stopped me being around the university when it is dark and stopped me going out. When ever i am walking home i basically run now and when ever i see somone who looks like the person who attacked me i feel sick and panic. I know everyone who reads this will think it will never happen to me i thought that too. All i want to say is  be careful.