Gemma Khan, 25, who waived her right to anonymity, was sexually assaulted twice on holiday

A British holidaymaker has claimed she was sexually assaulted twice while staying at a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic.

Gemma Khan, 25, who waived her right to anonymity, said she first had two locals try and untie her bikini as she walked back from the pool to her room.

Just two days later a member of staff 'pressed up' against her in the souvenir shop and started stroking her leg.

She said she was 'treated like trash' and was too scared to leave her hotel room after that.

Miss Khan, a five-a-side football centre manager from Halesowen, West Midlands, travelled with three friends to the Caribbean island for a fortnight, from April 16 to April 30.

They had all paid £900 through tour firm Thomson to stay at the five-star Be Live Collection Marien hotel in the north of the island that includes a casino, four restaurants, four bars and a nightclub.

She said she was not informed that locals were allowed into the resort on weekends.

The 25-year-old, who studied at Wolverhampton University, had been sunbathing by the pool when the first assault happened.

She said: 'I put on a pair of shorts and a croptop and I started walking back to my room. These two men came up to me speaking Spanish.

'One grabbed my shorts and was trying to undo my bikini. I pushed him away and called out for one of the security guards. I then hit him over his shoulder with a beach bag and ran to my room.

Gemma Khan, 25, said she was assaulted as she walked back from the pool at the five-star Be Live Collection Marien hotel (pictured)

Miss Khan said she was 'treated like trash' and was too scared to leave her hotel room following the assaults

'By the time I had reached my room, less than two minutes later, I was so angry I was upset. No one had come to help me. I got glanced at by security and left to defend myself.'

Only two days later she was assaulted again - this time by a hotel staff member in the souvenir shop.

'A man came up and pressed up against me. I stepped back into the corner of the shop and he started feeling my leg. He then offered me a purse to keep quiet about it', she told the Sunday Mirror.

Miss Khan, who is in a relationship, said she was assaulted twice during her two-week stay at the resort

But when she went to relay details of the assaults to a Thomson hotel rep she was met with a 'blank expression.'

After the first incident she was told to fill out a form.

When it happened again she was told to call the customer service desk and then spoke with the manager who was equally unresponsive.

She said: 'Again, I just got a blank expression. It was a nightmare, the worst holiday I've ever had'.

Speaking to MailOnline she said: 'I am still angry about it. I had to work so hard to have a holiday away with friends and two men completely ruined it for us...then it happened again, only with staff from their shop.

'I messaged Thomson's the moment I got home and only got one call. That call was yesterday. I missed it due to work so haven't heard anything since.'

A spokesman for Thomson said the company had been trying to get in touch with Miss Khan for a few days to try and resolve the situation but without any success.

He told MailOnline: 'We're really sorry to hear about Miss Khan's experience at the Be Live Marien Hotel in the Dominican Republic.

'We would really like the opportunity to speak to the customer to carry out an investigation now she has returned home.