This is my story but I know tis has happened to other people too. In May I was staying in a Hotel and at 1 am the hotel receptionist let himself into my room. He grabbed my leg and luckily, I woke up and screamed the place down and he ran from the room. The called the police on 999 but they refused to send anyone instead they phoned the hotel and giving the impression it was OK as he had not broken in he had used his key card. I then realised if I went back to sleep, he could come back as there was no deadlock on the door that the hotel staff could not override. I then went down to reception to find a manager or something. When I got to reception, he was the only person on. So I said to him It was you, you were in my room why were you in my room and he replied because you are a 'Pathetic Bitch' I then put my phone on immediately video as I was terrified. The rest of the conversation is here:
I then got my company to find me another hotel and moved out of the Travelodge approx 2am. He then tried to lock me out of the hotel while I was packing the car. Video to show that is at the link below.
The police have since confirmed he was known to them. The hotel have since confirmed they do not DBS check their staff as it is not industry standard and is not required. If they had enhanced dbs checked their staff, he would possibly not have been given the job and access to my room. The whole incident was terrifying. I have started a petition to make all hotels Enhance DBS check their staff. Please consider signing and sharing this email as I need 10,000 signatures for Parliament to comment and 100,000 for it to be debated in Parliament. I want to make hotels safe for women and children and anyone as all people are venerable when they are asleep.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/640926