Travelodge guest assaulted after receptionist gave abuser key to her room

The alleged incident took place at an unidentified Travelodge (Picture: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) A woman said she experienced one of the most ‘traumatic nights’ of her life after hotel staff handed her abuser the key to the room where she was staying. The domestic violence victim, who has not been named, told the BBC she was staying at a Travelodge in London in October last year when the incident took place. She contacted the outlet after hearing about the sentencing of Kyran Smith, who attacked a woman at a branch of the hotel in Maidenhead, Berkshire, in December 2022 and was jailed for seven and a half years in February. The woman said she booked a room at the hotel after suffering abuse at home, seeking a ‘night away from the fear’. But reception staff reportedly gave her attacker a