Alan Hunter said he was beaten after being called a ‘f*****’ (Alan Hunter/PA)Mr Hunter, 35, said the news “doesn’t really surprise” him and that homophobia is always “bubbling under the surface”. But he said he was disappointed nobody stepped in to stop the attack, which left him with cuts and extensive bruising on his face. A woman called him a “f****** f*****”, he said, after he asked her and a group of her friends to stop using nitrous oxide balloons on the train. Heated words were exchanged, after which the woman attacked him, Mr Hunter said, and her friends joined in on the assault. “Had she not called me a ‘f****** f*****’ I wouldn’t have said anything,” he said.

Source: The Star December 04, 2021 00:02 UTC