Former BBC presenter and broadcaster Selina Scott says she deserves security similar to that given to members of the Royal Family and Sadiq Khan after she was mugged by a gang who surrounded her and hit on the back of the leg her before stealing her purse. Scott, who made her name in the 1980s presenting News at 10, followed by BBC Breakfast Time and The Clothes Show, says she blames Mayor of London Sadiq Khan for the attack near Waterstones on Piccadilly which left her feeling 'humiliated'.

The 74-year-old, who was mugged in June and received received an apology from the head of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley, has spoken out to ask why the public don't get security like Sir Sadiq and members of the Royal Family.

“Everywhere you go there is security for well-known people,

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