ALISON PHILLIPS

WELL done, Penny, for talking publicly – and making every other woman who’s suffered this feel a little less alone.

Well done too for making every man who has behaved illegally or immorally feel more hunted and less hunter.

This took guts. But there is an even tougher thing she could still do... take her claims to the police, if the man is still alive. There would still be a decent chance of a successful prosecution.

It would be one less abuser at large. One more message that things are changing. Women will no longer be silent. #MeToo sends a powerful message to abusers. #BangedUpInJail would send an even stronger one.