The 25-year-old, who plays mason morgan inside the australian cleaning soap, stated he had spotted the lady seemingly being accompanied through a man in sydney final year.
While the girl became approached and thrown to the floor, pledger grabbed the attacker and helped restrain him.
The man, 28, changed into convicted of attack this week, australian media reported.
Pledger stated he had noticed a "suspicious person" emerge from an alleyway for the duration of a stroll at night.
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"i instantly drew my attention to this character - my instinct instructed me some thing changed into incorrect," said pledger, who gave evidence to a court in april.
Sydney's every day telegraph suggested that pledger couldn't talk publicly about the case, an attempted robbery, till it had concluded.
The actor's account comes amid severe dialogue in australia about violence in public locations following the excessive-profile killing of a young comic in melbourne.
'name the police'
Pledger said he had acted after seeing the man run up behind the lady and throw her to the ground.
"in that second my instincts kicked in and that i ran up and become screaming, 'stop prevent forestall'," he advised the bbc.
"i pulled him off her and was conserving him lower back physically while yelling out for someone to name the police."
He stated nearby citizens had alerted government and helped restrain the man till police arrived.
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The attacker should face up to twenty years in prison, the daily telegraph said. Pledger said the victim changed into "ok", but couldn't provide further info.
"violence toward all of us have to by no means be tolerated," the actor stated.
The killing of comedian eurydice dixon, whose body changed into determined in a melbourne park closing week, has brought on a extensive-ranging discussion in australia approximately bettering public protection.
At the same time as police have welcomed many ideas, they've additionally repeated cautions approximately the public intervening in potentially risky situations.
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