A client, Tom (not real name), reports the problems with ladies being hassled by a criminal gang in Waterford are still going on. He visited an escort in Waterford yesterday, 20-10-05, and three unsavoury men turned up right in the middle of his appointment. Luckily there was himself and three ladies there when this happened and all four managed to get away from the place safely. If it had been only the ladies or at worst just one lady on her own there, this probably would not have been possible. He and the ladies feel it is a person that owns another agency in Waterford who is doing this. He reports the ladies were very upset. Apparently one got straight on the next bus to Dublin she was so terrified. Tom wants to thank the agency owner for her professionalism in dealing with the situation when he called her and I think she and the girls want to thank Tom for all his help too. Tom also says that he used to use the other agency but they were totally unprofessional, the girls are treated like shit, and the punters not much better. He feels punters in Waterford should be able to make their own choices, about which escorts they want to see and which ones they don’t want to see, and this intimidation of ladies in the Waterford region really isn’t on.