NICOLA Thorp has revealed the horrifying moment she heard a man try and break into her house at night. The former Coronation Street actress, 32, called her dad for help and he urged her to pretend to be a man to protect herself.
She explained: “I once heard a man attempting to gain access to my home in the middle of the night. “I called my dad in a panic and he told me to lower my voice.
I started to whisper, and he said “No...lower your voice. Sound like a man”.” The campaigner continued: “And he was right. My only crime was being female. “That incident will stay with me forever because my dad, who raised me to be strong and independent and to fight my battles, recognised that the only thing I could do to protect myself in that very.
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