Woman walking home alone ignored stranger catcalling her - so he knocked her out

A violent thug knocked a woman unconscious after she ignored his catcalling as she made her way home alone. Adam Higginson and another man made the woman feel intimated and frightened as they shouted "hello gorgeous come over here."

The woman decided to stand up to the two friends but Liverpool Crown Court heard they continued taunting her until she aimed a kick at Higginson, the ECHO reports.

After kicking her back, the brute punched her to the head, leaving the victim with a permanent scar. The woman, in her 30s, had been out with friends in Wirral, Merseyside, on June 12 last year when the attack happened.

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The court heard as she was walking home alone at around 11pm she heard shouting from outside a pub. Higginson, 32, had been drinking pints of beer and shots. He and his friend shouted "hello gorgeous come over here" and "come over with us."

Peter Hussey, prosecuting, said Ms Brooks told them to "get lost". But they turned "aggressive", shouting "you should take it as a compliment".

Ms Brooks felt intimidated, but they continued using "sexual innuendo". She later said she wanted to tell them it was behaviour like that which makes women feel frightened. CCTV footage showed Ms Brooks kick out at Higginson. It was the prosecution case she kicked him in the shin.

Higginson later claimed she kicked him in the groin. However, Mr Hussey said that, or Higginson's suggestion that what he did next was "excessive self-defence", was "ludicrous".

Judge David Potter said the two men had made "unwelcome" remarks and the victim tried to ignore them. He told Higginson: "Because she ignored you, you became more aggressive. You shouted that she should take what was