He gave up

TV2 East in Denmark reports about a 21-year-old woman who was on her way from a disco to a pizzeria in Nykoebing, Falster.

At about 1:25 a.m. she was accosted by an unknown man, approximately 25 years old, 185-190 cm tall, and of muscular build.

The man grabbed the young woman and forced her into a nearby gate, threatening her with a knife.

However, the man couldn't get her belt to open, forcing him to give up his ill intent. The assailant then fled from the scene.

The news states nothing to the fact, but this may be a belt-buckle invented by a young, Swedish female named Nadja Bjork.

As previously noted in 2005, she designed a belt-buckle that, according to reports, can prevent rapes.

Allegedly this design has already prevented one girl from being raped at a music festival in the summer of 2005 in Sweden (Hultsfredsfestivalen). The attacker gave up when he couldn't open the belt.

In an interview with the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Bjork claimed that the buckle work much like a chastity belt. The belt-buckle sits on top of the regular buckle, and that it takes a special two-handed grip to remove it. Since an attacker will need both hands to attempt to remove the lock, it gives the victim more time and room to escape (or fight back) and get help.

Bjork states that the buckle is designed to prevent or hinder a blitz-rape where a victim is attacked by a stranger, and that it will be of little use towards pre-planned attacks (partner rapes, date rapes or acquaintance rapes).

She said to the media that the invention hopefully will be in production spring 2006.