Sara Bradbury and her partner Brianna Lewin will both be serving jail sentences for beating their neighbor Christopher Steadman unconscious, leaving him with a “fractured cheekbone and jaw, swelling and bruising to his face and had a brain haemorrhage.” ‘Cause he made a pass at Bradbury.
Bradbury (pictured), a former British soldier, got 30 months, while Lewin, who had 11 previous convictions, will serve 52 months after a judge rejected her not guilty claim.
pete
But seriously, did the guy think she was a dude? Who the fuck would make a pass at that?!
richardporter
Lesbians scare the hell out of me.
Tallskin
Yep, not funny for the poor bastard who was beaten up
But I have to laugh, as this endorses every stereotype about butch lesbians I have ever come across
When I was young the gay club in my small town used to have regular bottle fights between the lesbians
Kip
Lots of nasty comments from several gay men here. Who needs straight homophobia when we have so much hatred and homophobia within our own community?
Cynthia
I am a lipstick lesbian, not butch in the least, but I take great offence to the coments here that bash my butch brethern. These are wonderful women that you can not understand as men, much less gay men. Back off.
These dumb ass’s deserve every minute in goal they got. Probably more.
You don’t beat up people who hit on you. Smile, decline and move on. Granted he was their neighbor and probably knew they had a relationship but that is no excuse.
Tallskin
Girls! No comments made here about lesbians have been remotely offensive
Well, maybe the one about the assailant being pig-ugly, but then she is. No?
And I did used to see lots of bottle fights between lesbians. It was funny watching the fey young queens squealing and running to get away from some of the worse violence I’ve ever witnessed – in a fucking gay club!
Lesbians used to be banned from gay clubs here in the UK and that’s the reason: violence and aggression.
Cynthia
Tallskin you don’t get to tell me what I found offensive is not offensive…….
duh
Also I was mainly reacting to Richards remark but you jumping in to verify lesbian agression kinda stung too.
And if we are going to have this discussion lets get to the meat of the matter…
Why do you think lesbians are prone to violence? Is it a trueism or is it a stereotype? Perhaps the less violent lesbians stay out of the bars you frequent thereby skewing your perception?
asa1973
I love lesbians. At any gay event, my partner and I always seem to end up hanging out with our lesbian friends because…well…things don’t seem to be so shallow in their neck of the gayborhood. A generalization, I know. But the first comments in this thread were about that woman’s looks and a jab at lesbians. Shallow…to say the least.
Anyway…those women do deserve what they get. Imagine me beating up every woman who made a pass at me.
Mr. Enemabag jones
Good for them. Sorry about the jail setences, but atleast they whacked the shit out of the guy first.
Argos
‘Good for them’?? I hope they rot in prison personally. It’s really no different than all of the asshole straight guys out there that beat a gay man unconscious (or to death) for looking at them ‘seductively’ (especially when that’s not even the case a lot of the time). It is never permissible to attack someone for essentially complimenting you.
These two women fractured his jaw and cheekbone and caused a brain hemorrhage. They should realistically go to prison for attempted murder, for a hell of a lot longer than 30-52 months. If all of Ms. Bradbury’s 11 priors were for violent offenses, she should have already been locked away to begin with, then this wouldn’t have even happened.
Cynthia
Mr. Enemabag….
so well named
No one has a right to violently assult anouther person for makeing a sexual pass. The first pass is free and ok in my opinion. Thank you for the compliment. It is when the second or third ect pass comes you may become upset, that is reasonable. You file a cival complaint of harasment against a sexual harasment offender. Not a beat down so violent as to render a man unconscience and break bones.
These women are barbarians and should have been locked up alot longer than they have been sentanced to. If 2 men had beat a woman that bad they would rot for many more years than these gals recieved.
RomanHans
Why are people giving a thumbs up to Kip (#4)? When somebody posts something either homophobic or misogynistic, you actually assume it was written by a homosexual because it’s on a gay site? That’s dumb. If I posted “Jesus was one hunky dude!” on Billy Graham’s website, I don’t think they’d decide there are some strange Christians around.
T
I’d like more details. Seriously. One pass, and they beat the crap out of the guy? I wonder if the neighbor repeatedly hit on the woman and refused to take no as an answer. Some men just don’t take no for an answer and when they find out it’s because you are a lesbian they can get offended and sometime more assertive.
tickety tack
The guy hit on this beast? Clearly he was drunk. What kind of man wants to hit on this butch dyke?? Crazy. She’s a pig.
Blah
I’m guessing this had been going on and he was a chav fuck. I don’t blame them. Lesbians take a lot of shit- he should just feel lucky they didn’t kill him and move on.
Mr. Enemabag Jones
Ah! We all live in a Utopian world, where nice men who are rebuffed, walk away with a tune on their lips, and a spring in their step. Bullshit.
We live in the real world, and as T wrote, we don’t know if that guy was some kind of perv, or a nut, or just plain dangerous.
In short, get them, before they get us.
These women defended themselves as they saw fit. Maybe if more of us asserted ourselves a they did, hets would finally learn to fear us–like they fear other minorities–and we’d start getting some respect
Cynthia
Granted we do not have the particulars of the case but the fact remains 2 women beat a man until he was broken and out cold. That is a felony. Regardless if he was a man pig or not, they shouldn’t have beat him.
Devon
@Mr. Enemabag Jones:
“In short, get them, before they get us.”
I AM VENGEANCE!
I AM THE NIGHT!
I. AM. BATMAN!
…Bitch please.
I’m not usually attracted older men, but they still occasionally make passes at me when I go to gay bars or pride events or anywhere like that. My usual response is a simple “no thank you.” But I guess according to you I should start beating them unconscious to show them the error of their ways.
Tallskin
@Mr. Enemabag Jones – can you please drink the contents of your own recycled enema bag? And then whilst you’re gagging shut the fuck up?
Mr. Enemabag Jones
@Devon:
I bet if you saw someone being gay bashed, you’d just walk away.
Mr. Enemabag Jones
@Tallskin:
It’s funny that the godless racist thinks his opinion matters to anyone other than himself.
Mr. Enemabag Jones
@Devon:
And Devon, this isn’t a bar situation. This is two women being harassed in their home.
How would you like to come home every day, and have that same old man from the bar living next door, and doing what he did in the bar day in and day out?
And what if you’re a woman, a group of people who are abused, harassed, raped, and assaulted daily by straight men?
Clearly these women felt their lives were in danger, and they did what was necessary to protect themselves.
S
@Mr. Enemabag Jones:
Quote from original article:
“While Lewin was taking one man home, Mr Steadman made a sexual advance to Bradbury and was rebuffed. When Lewin returned to the women’s flat in Southampton, they attacked him.”
Based upon these facts, I do not see how anyone could conclude, “clearly” or otherwise, that the women were acting to “protect themselves” because “their lives [were] in danger”. Bradbury’s 11 previous convictions also provide evidence that her judgment is not sound.
jason
The Daily Star is a homophobic British rag. It’s pure garbage which panders to British cretins.
I say this because you only have to look at the way the story is phrased by the homophobic editors of this newspaper. The women are “lesbians” – great way to de-humanize them – but the other party is a “man”.
This is just typical British homophobic trash. This was a violent, reprehensible act but the way it’s described by this crappy rag is completely homophobic.
Mr. Enemabag Jones
I never thought I’d see the day that queers would crucify other queers, as we do in this day and age. It seems that for far too many queers we can do no good, and hets can do no wrong.
That’s right, these two women are horrible, evil scum. And that poor, defensless, straight man is an innocent. Lock the lezzies up and throw away the key.
Cynthia
I would want my mother locked up if she comited this kind of crime.
Being gay has nothing to do with this.
A man was assaulted.
Mr. Enemabag Jones
@S:
Well, S, I guess the women should have just waited to be assaulted. Maybe that would help you sleep better at night. Always better to be a victim, than to protect oneself, I guess.
No where in that article does it say what Steadman said, or did while alone with Bradbury. Why would you then assume that the women overreacted if you don’t know the situation?
Mr. Enemabag Jones
@Cynthia:
So in your world view, Cynthia, it’s better to be a victim, than defend oneself? Seriously?
Chargers
If true, a hate crime is a hate crime, and this one appears to be against a heterosexual male. But I wouldn’t judge this situation until the whole story comes out. Too many gays jump the gun on stories like this.
Ogre Magi
Look, we don’t even know how much of this story is true. The LGBT community has it hard enough with out us turning on one another.
Revemupman
No one takes the beating of a man seriously. Especially when women do it, most people find comedic value to it.
the crustybastard
Here’s a different account from a less homophobic publication:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293588/Lesbian-couples-savage-assault-leaves-man-dead.html
Money quote: The court heard Mr Steadman [the victim], 45, had also complained to Bradbury [one of his attackers] earlier in the evening about the level of noise coming from their flat…Mr Steadman said the women had become angry because of a noise issue.
It’s not a straight-bashing simply because the attackers were gay and the victim was straight. Sheesh. It’s a simple case of drunk jackasses acting like drunk jackasses.
Zach
@Ogre Magi:
How about we not have murderous drunks as part of our community?
Mira
I’m curious as to what exactly he said that caused him to be beaten up. I mean, if I understand correctly, he flirted with her and she overreacted. But this doesn’t make sense.
Either way, you shouldn’t beat a guy up unless he pulls a gun on you or something. And don’t condone bad behavior just because it was done by someone in your social group.
Alex
she’s cute for a drunk criminal.