Shop owner offers safe space in ‘pick-up’ storm

A KIND-HEARTED Glasgow shop owner has offered his store as a safe place for anyone who feels concerned for their safety.

Jamie Alexander O’Neill has offered his Hotspot shop on Sauchiehall Street as a place for anyone who feels intimidated or scared to come to following an incident involving a YouTube ‘pickup’ channel, which saw a man arrested.

In a post on Facebook the shop owner said: “In light of recent incidents of women being followed and filmed by men, if you (man or woman) are in town and at any point feel concerned for your safety or feel intimidated, come to my shop and ask for me.”

Jamie was praised online for his kindness.

The message comes following an arrest made in Glasgow after videos emerged online of a man approaching and filming unsuspected women on the streets.