Ananova:

A paediatrician at a south Wales hospital has been forced out of her home by vandals who thought her job title meant the same as "paedophile".

South African-born Yvette Cloete woke up at her home in Newport to find the term "paedo" spray painted all over her walls.

The specialist registrar at the Royal Gwent Hospital is now in hiding at a friend's house and claims she will never go back to her own, saying: "I have moved out of the area. I no longer feel safe."

Gwent Police are putting the attack down to the "extraordinary ignorance" of the people who did it.

A spokesman told Ananova: "The doctor herself is very distressed by the whole incident and would rather it all just went away."

He appealed for anyone with information about the vandals to come forward.

Marie Thorn, a senior administrator at the Royal Gwent Hospital, said: "I spoke with Yvette after what happened to see how she is and she was dealing with it very well in the circumstances.

"As a happy coincidence she is moving away from the area - and I don't think this will be anything to make her regret that decision.

"It is really quite staggering that this kind of mistake can happen. Some people are incredibly ignorant.

"She has worked with us for about two and a half years and you could not meet a nicer person."