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CCTV issued following homophobic assault on College Green
A teenager was verbally assaulted and then punched in the face in an unprovoked attack that police are investigating as a homophobic hate crime.
A CCTV image has now been released of two men who the police would like to speak to about the assault, which took place near to Tesco on College Green just before 4am on Sunday, May 7.
The 19-year-old victim was treated at the BRI for injuries to his face.
Investigating officer PC Leanne Weeks said: “This was an extremely unpleasant and unprovoked assault on a man who was targeted because of his sexuality.
“It’s hard to understand how and why someone would do this and we’d urge people to come forward and help us if they can.”
The offender who carried out the assault is white, of slim build, around 20 to 23 years old, with light brown hair in a quiff style which was short at the sides. He was wearing a baby blue long-sleeved shirt and black skinny jeans.
The man who was with him, who used homophobic language, is white, aged 23 to 25 years old, around 6ft tall, of muscular build, with dark brown hair also in a quiff style and short at the sides, with a short-cut well-groomed beard. He was wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt and black jeans.
If you recognise either of the men in the image, or have any other information which could help the police, please call PC Leanne Weeks on 101 and give the reference number 5217101079.
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