Disturbing moment man interrupts women's interview live on air and completely proves their point

An eerily ironic video has gone viral today, showing a hostile man interrupting a news segment about women's safety.

In a clip released as part of an ITV News report last night, the man could be seen aggressively placing himself between a mother and daughter, who were discussing their experience after being sexually assaulted by a different stranger in public weeks earlier.

ITV journalist Anna Youssef had planned to meet Gill Jones and her daughter Beth Fletcher in a park near their local area with plans to discuss female safety in public spaces.

The mother-daughter duo were selected by the team due to a harrowing experience they previously endured on a night out.

Along with several other loved ones, they'd been enjoying a family night out when things suddenly took a turn for the worse. A stranger had attempted to sexually assault Beth, resulting in a violent brawl and a heartbroken Gill.

Whilst reflecting on the incident this week, however - discussing it with Youssef on a park bench in the middle of the day - the trio were suddenly approached by an unidentified man.

Despite there being countless empty benches in the vast public park, the man - who ITV anonymised in their coverage - opted to place himself between the two women and the journalist, exhibiting an air of hostility about whatever was going on.

The man refused to leave, despite being asked politely by the ITV News crew (ITV)

Ironically, the story the group were trying to film formed part of a campaign launched by the UK charity 'Tomorrow's Women', which aims to develop more safe spaces for women outside of their home.

After being politely asked if he wouldn't mind sitting elsewhere until they'd wrapped up filming, he refused before becoming verbally aggressive.

The team and the women being interviewed swiftly left the area after the man became threatening.

Reflecting on the latest incident, Gill told viewers: "I was starting to get a little bit scared to be honest, having experienced what we experienced a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure what was going to happen and how that was going to escalate.

"I was already safety planning really quickly, which you don't think you should have to when coming out into a public area."

Beth explained that this exact sort of behaviour is exactly why women fear being out in public.

"You could just tell the lack of respect when it came to people in general and their personal space but to women in general - he had no respect whatsoever," she said.

The women were left heartbroken by the incident (ITV)

"I absolutely think women we are programmed to be on our guard on a night out."

Beth added: "The majority of the time its not women going and harassing men. It's not women that are potentially going to spike your drink, it's not women that are getting aggressive towards the men because it is stereotypically the other way round.

"I know obviously it can happen, but they are not subjected to it like us women are, and we do just want to go out and enjoy ourselves, so if we can go somewhere where we know we are not subjected to that attention and behaviour - then we are going to want that, we are going to push for that."

'Tomorrow's Women' has also issued an emotional response to the incident.

"We are so grateful to @GranadaReports for working on this project with us," they wrote in a tweet sharing the article. "The incident that occurred during filming highlights the need for events like ours to take place. The event was a huge success and it was fantastic to see so many women enjoying themselves."

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this article and wish to speak to someone in confidence, contact The Survivors Trust for free on 08088 010 818, available 10am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-3pm and 6pm-8pm Monday to Thursday, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3pm on Fridays, 10am-12.30pm on Saturdays and 6pm-8pm on Sundays.