Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread. It was something that was was unnerving at the time and I just wanted to make others aware of it in case anyone else found themselves in a similar scenario. I wasn't going to report it to the police, but after people's comments about it maybe helping...
No there was no one else around. Unfortunately I don't think there are any cameras. One of the things about that part of London Road is it would have been pretty easy to be well on your way on the A23 or A27 in just a couple of minutes.
I didn't report it, I kind of figured they've probably got a million better things to do. I posted it on here because I thought if someone else finds themselves in a similar situation at night they might remember this and think twice about walking up to their van. But what do other people think...
That did also occur to me. I think I thought it was lighter fluid because of the bottle and the way he doused me, but I did pretty quickly think acid as well. Its not pleasent experience thinking "I'm not burning so I think I'm ok". After that thoughts also turned to could that have been piss...
An odd thing happened to me last night while walking home, and I guess I’m posting it up here as a warning to others.
It was about 23:45 and I was walking up London road just past the Carden Avenue junction, not many people about, when a van pulled up at the side of the road. There were 3...