An Irish activist has spoke out on her harrowing ordeal after a cowardly teen 'leap-frogged' her while another recorded it.
Gardai were called after writer Sinead Burke, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, was the subject of the vile harassment while she walked down Dublin's O'Connell Street.
Writing in Vogue magazine she described how the boys, aged around 16, walked past her before one nudged the other laughing and they went back to take a video.
She said: "It seemed to happen in slow motion. A whoosh, followed by a thud. One of the boys landed in front of me.
"He had jumped over me, leap-frogged over my head from behind. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t make sense of it. He walked to the end of the road, turned around and walked past me again with a frightening grin.
"I was furious and scared. With tears threatening, I asked him if he knew that his behaviour was illegal.
"He laughed and jogged back to his friend who had recorded the entire incident on his phone. They seemed proud of themselves, proud of their actions.
"They knew that their content, my harassment, could go viral or be an instant pass to popularity among their peer group. I was devastated."
The campaigner went on to say she's still shaken weeks later, and urged people to work towards transforming society.
Burke, who is currently giving talks at primary schools, said despite the great work of gardai she doesn't think the teens would learn anything from being questioned.
She said: "They would likely not gain any understanding of how the arrogance of being able to jump four feet in the air had frightened me in such an aggressive way.
"They wouldn’t see how scared I was or how easily they could have kicked me in the head or neck and caused serious physical harm. They would not be asked to answer questions about peer pressure or the importance of saying no when called upon to be an accomplice."
