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Love Island star Mal Nicol has revealed she made a desperate call to 999 to ‘catch a pedophile’.
The 27-year-old, who appeared on series 10 of the show as a bombshell, claimed she spotted a predatory man lurking near children in a park.
In a video shared on TikTok, Mal said she was with a group of friends when they were approached by young boys complaining of a ‘creepy man’.
Concerned, Mal walked towards the park in Little Venice, London to see what was going on.
She said: ‘Moments later we clearly see that this guy is not okay.
‘He’s standing by the park swaying, like putting his hand into the park over the fence and trying to high five this little boy who’s about five years old.
Love Island star Mal Nicol has revealed she made a desperate call to 999 to ‘catch a pedophile’
The 27-year-old, who appeared on series 10 of the show as a bombshell, claimed she spotted a predatory man lurking near children in a park
‘We kind of wanted to distract him and see what he was doing or saying.
‘We then saw a mum with her daughter, like a little 3, 4 year old girl who is on a scooter. This guy tries to grab her from behind and the dad jumps in between them both.
‘He then goes into the park where there’s a lot of young mums with their like 3 year old girls who are obviously feeling vulnerable and scared.
‘So I call 999 and I’m literally so impressed with the police and how fast they came.
‘When the officers arrived I was running up to them shouting ‘he’s going to get away, he’s going to get away.
Mal told how the man was arrested while she and other witnesses were interviewed by police.
She said: ‘We got a paedophile arrested. I literally cannot believe what we witnessed. It was honestly like a movie or something.
‘I felt like I was in a movie. I’m like running. This is happening in London and I just think you have to do something. You can’t just watch. It was crazy.
In a video shared on TikTok, Mal said she was with a group of friends when they were approached by young boys complaining of a ‘creepy man’
‘He better be put in for time. Like this is not okay.’
Mal entered the Love Island villa on Day 16 in 2023 and she was dumped seven days later.
After appearing on the ITV show, she was approached by producers of Married At First Sight to ask if she’d like to apply, but declined.
