A mum of three who suffered a vicious assault in a town subway has called for more security measures.

Anne Telfer, 53, was walking with a friend through the underpass running beneath the A229 Fairmeadow towards town in the middle of the morning when the attack happened.

Ms Telfer, whose grown-up children are aged 34, 31, and 24, was left with concussion, a broken shoulder, a hairline fracture to her collarbone, a broken nose and temporarily lost sight.

She said the alleged assailant was known to her.

Ms Telfer said: “The last thing I remember I was walking through the subway. The next thing, I was approaching hospital in an ambulance and police were wanting to talk to me.

“Apparently, I managed to get back on my feet and go down to the corner. My partner, Bob, saw my face dripping with blood.”

The incident happened at around 11am on Thursday August 13 – the day thousands of young people collected their A-level results.

Now the unemployed former proofreader, of Bower Street, is calling for CCTV cameras to be installed inside the tunnel.

She added: “If people want to do some damage without being caught, the subway is the place to do it.

“I don’t want what happened to me happening to somebody else, because I was left for dead. It should never have happened.”

On Tuesday officers issued a witness appeal for anyone who may have seen the incident to come forward. The subway where Ms Telfer suffered her ordeal is close to the public toilets beside the River Medway and ends near the former Barclays bank in High Street.

Anyone with information is asked to contact 01622 604100, quoting reference YY/016110/15.

Alternatively, call Kent Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

On Police arrested a 28-year-old woman on suspicion of assaulting Ms Telfer on Wednesday, August 19. The woman has been bailed until September 28 pending further inquiries.