Moment ‘killer clown’ was chased out of taxi office by busy mum-of-four who was trying to work
A BRAVE woman gave a "killer clown" quite a scare after his attempt to frighten her was turned on its head.
The 45-year-old, who was on her first night shift alone, was faced with a man wearing a terrifying clown mask as he silently crept up on her.
Known only as Rita, the woman working on the control desk at ADT Taxis in Leicester, stood up when she noticed the clown, and chased him away.
CCTV taken from inside the control room at about 9pm on Monday shows Rita running at the clown with her fists clenched.
Rita, who has only worked for the taxi firm since August, had recently completed her training.
Today, Rita, from Leicester, said: "I have just finished my training and it was my first proper shift.
"I was by myself and I was typing and I had my headset on.
"The next thing I knew, I looked up and saw a clown staring at me. He didn't say anything, he just looked at me.
"I paused for a few seconds to try and work out if I recognised the man wearing the mask, but when I realised I didn't, I got up and chased him out of the office.
"I saw another two clowns over the road too. I couldn't believe it.
"Funnily enough, I shared a video on Facebook last week of something similar happening to another person.
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"I thought it was funny, and I thought it was good for people to teach the clowns a lesson.
"It is ironic it then happened to me. My boss said he's never seen me move so fast.
"It was lucky the clown didn't have a knife, or my boss could have been a witness to a murder on CCTV.
"But I wasn't going to let him scare me."
Blaire Smith, who works as a supervisor at ADT taxis, said: "I know Rita out of work too, and it didn't shock me that she scared the clown away.
"I know what she's like so I found the video amusing. I thought it was hilarious, although I was a little bit worried for her.
"She's been doing some training and that shift was her first one on her own.
"She's working again tonight and she's told me she is bringing her dog with her so she has a guard dog."
A spokesman for ADT taxis said: "We have a still picture of Rita running after a clown who was just stood in the office in the attempt to scare her.
"He got more than he bargained for when Rita went for him and ran him out of the premises.
"She proceeded to run down the street after him."
Leicestershire Police have warned people against dressing up as clowns in an attempt to scare or harass people.
In South Wales Police attended numerous reports as police are reporting more and more sightings and in Leicestershire, one woman was scared so badly she went into early labour as the craze continues to baffle much of the UK.
One person was pulled over by police as he drove while wearing a clown mask.
Drivers in Manchester were startled to see two clowns running at their cars on Sunday, and a mum-of-two was left with terrified children after one jumped on her car.
And on Monday morning, an Instagram account promised 20 clowns with knives would descend on Essex schools this week.
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The lad was ringleader in a sick social media stunt that caused eight schools to be evacuated. Police were called in.
Jobless 18-year-old, Connor Jones, was one of the first to be charged and punished as the unusual craze grips the UK.
He was fined £90 and received a public order offence on his criminal record.
A criminologist has revealed why people act differently when they put on costumes such as a clown mask, as the 'killer clown' craze spreads.
The craze has even got so out of control that popular circus, Zippos, has announced its shows will no longer feature clowns.
The craze has become so frustrating for some, that they have formed Clown Hunter groups on Facebook to try and patrol the streets.
Yesterday, a group of pranksters appeared on Good Morning Britain to defend dressing up as clowns and scaring people, but distanced themselves from the people taking part in the current trend.
And a 10-year-old boy told the story of how he was chased by a person dressed as a clown and badly bruised after a rock was thrown at him.
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