'Attacked' woman wants to move forward with life

A woman who thought she had suffered injuries after a fall but was told by doctors she had been attacked says she wants to move forward with her life.

Kay Crisp, who lives in Mendlesham, Suffolk, was found on Monday 18 November on a footpath between Old Station Road and Glebe Way.

She said that despite suffering significant injuries, she was "not frightened to go out at all" and was hoping she could "move forward".

Suffolk Police said it was investigating the incident and was "keen to speak to a man who was jogging in the area at the time".

A month on from the incident, Ms Crisp said she remembered seeing a male jogger on the footpath ahead of her, but he disappeared from sight.

"I just went through, on to the footpath and bang, nothing, I can't remember anything," she said.

Ms Crisp, who is in her 60s, said she did not know whether the jogger had anything to do with her injuries, but he had not been found.

She said visually her injuries had partly healed but there had been lasting damage.

"My cheek has been pushed right in to my face," she said. "My face one side is different to the other, all the muscles have gone, I've got a scar above my eye."

Ms Crisp said while some of her physical injuries were starting to heal, dealing with mental scars may take longer.

"I still can't accept what has happened, I think now it's hit me more because I was in such a state," she said.

"Psychologically it's not getting any easier, it's accepting that this has happened to you and I can't get my head round it because I wasn't awake, you can't believe it's actually happened to you."

Ms Crisp said despite what happened, she did not feel "vulnerable" and that her "life goes on".

However, she believes things could have been worse.

"A lot of people said, 'you're lucky to be here'," she said.

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