A young woman who was recently seriously assaulted on her way home by a stranger writes an open letter to her attacker.

It is the voice of a young woman speaking directly to her attacker.

The voice of a young woman saying “this is a fight you will not win.”

The voice of a young woman claiming back the phrase “not guilty.”

It is a voice worth hearing.

Ione Wells “You will not win”.

The woman, 20-year old Ione Wells was recently sexually assaulted by a stranger near her home in Camden, North London. She was attacked in the street in full view of neighbours. Brutally assaulted.

Ms Wells, a Oxford University undergraduate was pushed to the ground by a man who then grabbed her by her hair and dragged her along the ground and grabbed her breast.

The 17-year-old attacker pleaded guilty to the sexual assault on Monday – and now faces sentencing in May.

The attack prompted Ms Wells to write a powerful open letter to her assailant. She says she wants all victims of sexual assault to know that they are not guilty.

They are the innocent ones.

“Victims are inherently not guilty, and always will be, never forget that.” she says.

The letter, originally published in her university’s newspaper, and now re-produced on a website for the campaign she has started “Not Guilty,” describes her terror at the attack – yet says her community came together.

Ms Wells decided to come forward to help other victims.

“You did not just attack me that night. I am a daughter, I am a friend, I am a girlfriend, I am a pupil, I am a cousin, I am a niece, I am a neighbour, I am the employee who served everyone down the road coffee in the café under the railway. All the people who form those relations to me make up my community, and you assaulted every single one of them. You violated the truth that I will never cease to fight for, and which all of those people represent – that there are infinitely more good people in the world than bad.”

She says “This letter is not really for you at all, but for all the victims of attempted or perpetrated serious sexual assault and every member of their communities”

The campaign is already having a positive impact with one rape victim telling the BBC’ s Newsbeat reading it helped her realise that when she was raped, it wasn’t her fault.

“It’s great she’s speaking out, it makes such a difference and it really helped me. It’s a topic that needs to get talked about.

“The more voices and people I hear, the more it makes me realise it’s not my fault.”

For Ms Wells that is the reason she spoke out.

Ione Wells “You, my attacker, have not proved any weakness in me.” ( Facebook)

Her letter in full:

You can contribute to the campaign by visiting the Not Guilty website here.