A U.K. man says he is terrified to leave his home after he was the target of a vicious and unprovoked antigay attack.
58-year-old Jimmy Sinclair was minding his own business while walking to a friend’s house on the afternoon of February 20. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a teenager approached him.
“This is just a taste of what you’re going to get!” the 17-year-old snarled.
And the next thing Sinclair knew, he was in excruciating pain.
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“My face started burning and my skin was peeling off,” he recalls. “It was like my skin was frothing. I knew I had to wash the liquid off my face quickly so I rushed home as fast as I could.”
The teenager had sprayed acid in Sinclair’s face.
After washing it off, Sinclair raced himself to the hospital, where a doctor informed him that, had the liquid gotten into his eyes, he likely would have been blinded.
Sinclair’s partner, Gary Norris, is convinced the attack was premeditated and motivated by homophobia.
“It was definitely a homophobic hate crime without a shadow of a doubt,” he says.
According to Norris, just a few days earlier Sinclair was approached by the same teenager in a different location and threatened.
“He walked up to Jimmy, got right in his face and said ‘you’re going to get it’,” he says.
As a result of the attack, Sinclair, who performs as a drag queen, says he is terrified to leave him house.
“I’m just frightened to go out now,” Sinclair says. “I can’t just pop out and go and see my friends like I used to. I’m just so frightened that I am going to be attacked again.”
The attacker was arrested but released on bail. A hearing is scheduled for March 21.
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h/t: Canterbury Times
Pamela Daly
Parents must be Republicans
Stache
There has to be more to this story if some man is running around throwing acid on peoples faces for being gay. Makes no sense to just release him.
Oh and I didn’t realize that 58 was considered being a senior.
Glücklich
Dallas? Laramie?
WHAT THE FUCK, UK?! Only the US releases violent criminals on low bail.
Throw the book at the yob trash.
Stache
@Glücklich: Try the UK.
joeyty
@Stache: He looks way older than 58, though.
Stache
@joeyty: Using your Grindr or Scruff age is another topic for another conversation.
rickhfx
“released on bail” shows the level of homophobia in the justice system. The thug is a danger to society
Ummmm Yeah
Was it a muslim? They tend to do that.
spemat
this shit STILL happens??? and SJWs whine that fighting back should be done nonviolently… hahahaaaa!!! gay men, learn to fight, carry guns and weapons and take no shit… I am bi so I have always had the show up both gay and straight guys ego thing… I carry my nano with a couple clips in case I need to deal with a mob. Fuck homophobes.