The Herald on Sunday

They thought me and my friend were easy targets and that they could ‘conquer’ us

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A GLASGOW woman has told how she was approached by two men trying to test out their techniques on her and a friend while they were in a nightclub.

Last week, she discovered the men had been part of DWLF – the same group behind the controvers­ial YouTube videos taken secretly in Glasgow city centre.

The 19-year-old, who we have named Hazel to protect her identity, said she was “sickened” by the group and her encounter with them.

She discovered they had posted a photograph of her and her friend on Instagram following their meeting, despite not knowing who they were.

She said: “I feel violated and angry, that they thought me and my friend would be easy targets and they thought they could ‘conquer’ us or something.

“I feel a bit insulted and annoyed that they thought they could play this game with me.

“I told them where to go that night but I feel violated and disgusted.

“I had no idea that they were doing this so-called ‘gaming’ or anything like that.

“Me and my friend just thought they were really creepy guys in a nightclub looking for someone to sleep with.”

Hazel, a student and model, said she was in the smoking area with a pal when two men approached them and tried to talk.

She explained: “They first spoke to us in the smoking area outside, and just asked if we were having a good night.

“They were making out as if they were smoking but I don’t think they actually were.

“We went outside and they followed us. That’s when they asked for a picture with us.”

Hazel said the men were “overly friendly” and didn’t seem to take no for an answer. She hoped that by posing for a picture, they would leave her and her friend alone.

She said: “One of them actually posted it on his Instagram page. It was very creepy. Most guys would just go away if you knock them back, but the way they were persistent and kept following us was sinister.

“When we took a photograph with them they kept saying we had to keep them company and I told them ‘no, take the hint’ and we had to walk away but they seemed quite offended.

“They were overly familiar. I would have expected my boyfriend of two years to be acting the way they were that night. They were very tactile and touchy-feely.

“They were looking me up and down constantly. When we were speaking they we pulling me in closer to them. They were very forceful and definitely stepping over the line. I would have even been uncomforta­ble if my boyfriend behaved like this.”

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