She explained: “We held a community meeting for women and girls and the consensus was that we were not safe on the streets.”
As details of the crime emerged, many felt they were not even safe in their own homes, Kaur added.
“So women were asking the question ‘where are we safe’?”
Kaur pointed out there was nothing unusual about the lead-up to the attack.
The victim, in her 20s, “went to work, she did some shopping, she took public transport home, she was walking in a very well-lit area and she went back to her home”, she said.
“Women and girls, especially those women of colour, of South Asian descent, saw themselves, saw their daughters, saw their sisters through this woman’s experience.”
And there was a further issue troubling communities – the violence was not isolated.