A SOUTHEND woman who was "pinned to the floor" at a vigil at Clapham Common wants talks with bosses at the Metropolitan Police.

Patsy Stevenson, 28, was one of the people arrested during the vigil in Clapham Common last night at the vigil for Sarah Everard.

She said she would like to “have a conversation” with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick.

Ms Stevenson, a former pupil of Cecil Jones Academy and South Essex College, was pictured being held to the ground in handcuffs during clashes at the vigil. 

Said she was still unsure why she had been detained and was contemplating whether to challenge the £200 fine she had received.

Speaking on radio station LBC, she said: “I would like to sit down with her and have a conversation. I think dialogue is very important in this case.

“We were there to remember Sarah, we all felt deeply saddened and still do that it happened so I brought a candle with me but unfortunately wasn’t even able to light it to put it down because the police turned up and barged their way through.”

Ms Stevenson said that she would be attending a demonstration in Parliament Square tomorrow afternoon.

“I think the main point of this… is that women don’t feel safe, and they don’t feel safe walking down a street.

"And that’s the bare minimum we should feel the freedom to do, and I think it’s appalling that it’s gone on for this long.”