Naga Munchetty admits fears alone at night when men are around ‘I carry keys in my hand’

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Naga Munchetty, 47, was discussing the topic of women being sexually harassed while they walk home alone and feeling unsafe in the dark in case of an attack.The "furious" BBC Breakfast star said she was appalled that at the age of 47, she still has to "constantly" look around her in fear.She raised the issue in conjunction with a new storyline on the Channel 4 soap, Hollyoaks, about a man with a hatred of women, who spikes their drinks in nightclubs, and takes photos of them unconscious in order to humiliate them.The topic has also been prominent in the news following the high-profile deaths of Sarah Everard, who was murdered by a policeman, and Sabina Nessa."I'm very angry, just furious that women still have to think about these things," Naga indignantly exclaimed."I'm 47 years old and I'm still thinking about how I'm going to get home after a deserved night out - that's my issue."She admitted that as a "small-framed" woman at the height of 5ft 4in, she does "walk with keys in my hand" for her own safety."If I'm walking alone, I look round at least every 30 seconds and I'm constantly surveying what's going on in front, to the side, and behind me," she confessed during a BBC Sounds podcast earlier today.She discussed some of the experiences listeners had written in to share with her about their own night-time terrors.One woman admitted she was "jumped on and kissed" by a man she didn't recognise while travelling home alone after a night out.The experience left her so shaken up that it took her months to "pluck up the courage" to start going out after dark again.The very first time she did, a group of men on motorbikes stopped beside her and one remarked: "You look like you need a good seeing to", leaving her confidence.