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A Paralympic athlete and disabilities campaigner says she was left 鈥渂roken and hurting鈥� after she was forced to wet herself on a train without an accessible toilet.

Anne Wafula Strike is a British wheelchair racer and has an MBE for services to disability sport.

She claims the accessible toilet was out of order during a three hour journey on a CrossCountry train. She was told she would be able to get off at the next stop, but there were no staff on the platform to help her.

She said: 鈥淢y dignity was taken away and I was left humiliated.鈥�

鈥淚 had to get off and go to the disabled toilet, spray myself and try to look decent, when I was broken, hurting and embarrassed,鈥� she added.

A spokesperson for CrossCountry said it was 鈥渦nacceptable鈥� and 鈥渢he first time we are aware of such a situation ever happening on our trains鈥�. They say their Managing Director has offered 鈥渙ur sincere apologies鈥� to Wafula Strike.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Tuesday 3 January 2017.

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