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The Daily Mirror
Homophobic thugs leave lesbian unconscious after sickening street attack and gay slurs
Police appeal for help to track attackers after supermarket worker Kerry Byrnes says she was taunted about being gay before she was knocked out
Aug 23, 2014 16:22
By Gareth Roberts
A Tesco worker claims she was taunted about her sexuality before she was brutally beaten up and left unconscious by two thugs.
Kerry Byrnes, 23, claims she was struck repeatedly on the head after being taunted about being gay in the attack near her home in Oakham, Leicestershire last Sunday.
Just moments before the two young men attacked her, they claimed they recognised her from the supermarket and knew that she was a homosexual.
Kerry says she has been afraid to leave the house since the attack and she is desperate to track down witnesses to help trace her attackers....
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BaggersRDumb
(186 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)I read about that on Pink News. Just awful. Why can't people just leave each other alone?
nightscanner59
(802 posts)Where I was vehicularly assaulted off my bicycle from two very drunk, very obviously homophobic and suspect very "spun" attackers at about 0530 a.m. My condolences for the victim here and know of a wonderful PTSD treatment program involving Methylene Blue I underwent trial for about 4 years ago. Stopped the nightmares almost overnight.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)But glad you could find some effective help. I don't know what kind of programs they have in the UK for these victims but I hope she can find some support and help.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)I am so, so sorry you had to go through that. Some people are little better than wild animals.