Homophobic aggressor gets out of jail for his previous good character

Before the attack the attacker told him "being gay is wrong" and "all gays must die"

GAYLES.TV.- Ryan Williams, Preston, Lancashire, spent months struggling to fall asleep after being subjected to a horrible homophobic attack while on his way home from work near the Manchester Gay Village. The events occurred on July 13, 2019. His attacker, Brandon forrester, was sentenced to nine months in jail. Now the judge has suspended the sentence for «your previous good character«.

Forrester had been celebrating his 18th birthday when he approached Ryan and threatened him, saying that «being gay is wrong" and that "everyone needs to die«. He subjected him to a series of homophobic insults and slander before brutally assaulting him. Doctors told him that if he had been beaten just two inches higher, he probably would have died from the injuries.

The assailant admitted to causing physical harm to Ryan and was sentenced to a nine-month sentence, but due to the 18-month delay in proceedings as a result of the pandemic, and his «good previous character", Judge David potter suspended the sentence.

Ryan He spent months struggling to sleep after the brutal assault. «People think homophobia is no longer a problem, but things like this are still happening to people just because of who they are. I didn't sleep for months, I drank for months, it was horrible", remember. The annulment of the sentence makes all this suffering in vain, however Ryan states that «uPart of me feels like everything I've been through for the past 18 months is in vain, but if my story helps someone else, it was worth it.«.