Homophobic gang attacks drive couple from home
A lawyer has been forced to leave his home after a homophobic hate campaign saw him and his partner attacked by children as young as 12.
Daniel Donaldson, 34, and his partner, Arran Southall, 28, have lived in the home in Drylaw for more than three years. But after suffering a string of homophobic attacks over the last two months they feel they have been left with no choice but to move.
One incident saw thugs launch “missiles” of bricks and stones at their windows while calling them “beasts” and “sex offenders”. They also had their car windscreen smashed.
Mr Donaldson said: “Me and my partner stuck out like a sore thumb and it was almost like ‘we are the only gays in the village’.
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