Yesterday the community worker and internet DJ, who has only recently recovered from breast cancer, explained why she took a stand after seeing a young white boy set on by thugs.

‘I was walking past and he grabbed me and said, “Help”. I will never forget his face,’ she said.

‘They rushed both of us, we were flung against a burning car and I cut my leg. I shouted, “Why are you turning this into a black white thing” and one shouted back, “Of course it’s a black-white thing”. That was devastating.