Liverpool police have released a CCTV image of four boys responsible for a November 18 attack on a gay student. There were reportedly six boys involved in the attack, all between the ages of 12 and 14. Their victim was 19-years-old.
Liverpool Daily Post reports: “They left him covered in blood and needing surgery on a broken nose. The victim, a Liverpool community college student, was walking up Lord Street towards James Street station shortly before 7pm when he passed the gang of youths outside Tesco. The group followed him up the street and, when he reached the Pret A Manger sandwich bar, they attacked him from behind, punching him in the back of the head. They shouted homophobic insults at him during the assault. The victim suffered cuts and bruises to his head and a broken nose. Speaking to the ECHO last week, he said: ‘I was bombarded with punches. I did not know where they were coming from. They were shouting, ‘what the **** are you wearing?!’ I cannot even get on the train without suffering abuse. It is everywhere I go. I wear colourful stuff and lipstick, but if I didn’t, it would be restricting how I want to be.’”
Anyone who witnessed the incident or can identify the people in the CCTV should contact Merseyside Police’s Sigma team on 0151 777 4837 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. From the Mersyside Police website.
(Hat-tip to Towleroad)
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