Dylan Souster sustained multiple facial fractures, tooth dislodgement, palate damage and bleeding in the ears. Severe swelling of the jaw means he can’t yet speak properly, while one eye remains swollen and he has a split lip.
He jumped out of the taxi close to his apartment in Waterloo Oval, Sydney, Australia in the early hours of last Sunday and wave off some friends. When he turned around to go back to his flat he was attacked by 6 men.
They only stopped the prolonged assault after a woman in the group started yelling at the six men to stop.
A bloodied Mr Souster staggered back home and asked a man along the way for his assistance.
The stranger asked ‘are you Okay? What happened?’
He walked Mr Souster back to his apartment and asked if he wanted to contact his girlfriend to help him get upstairs.
When Mr Souster replied that he had a boyfriend, the man suddenly roared ‘oh, you have a boyfriend. You’re a queer, you’re a faggot.’
He then proceeded to punch the Irish man in the face on numerous occasions.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Souster’s boyfriend, Darren Hedderman, described the man as a ‘Good Samaritan-turned-bad.’
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Police said a separate assault occurred about 4.45am on Saturday when two men were walking on Elizabeth Street in Surry Hills, between Devonshire and Cooper streets. Police are reviewing CCTV footage of that incident, Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Anyone with information about the assaults has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Photo By אנדר-ויק (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
