But due to the 18-month delay in proceedings due to Covid, and his "previous good character", Judge David Potter suspended the sentence for 18 months. (Image: Ryan Williams / SWNS.COM)"It's been the longest 18 months of my life, I've gone through so many emotions. "I've been put through emotional and physical trauma and after 18 months it feels like nothing has come of it. I've been made this way just the same way a heterosexual person has been made that way." During the sentencing, Judge David Potter told Forrester: "You have been committed to this court because the magistrates took the view that this was a homophobic attack and their powers were inadequate.

Source: Daily Mirror February 07, 2021 21:25 UTC