A British man who was beaten up on his way home from work says he was attacked simply because he was wearing a pink shirt.
Kent Morgan, 32, had been walking past a dark alleyway after his shift at a local Irish Bar last Friday when he was called a ‘pink shirt wearing homo’ by two men.
Despite ignoring them and walking past, he was continuously harassed about his clothing.
Morgan, who was left cut and bloodied after the attack told the UK ‘Metro’ newspaper: ‘I just carried on walking because I thought there’s no point answering back because it sounded like they’d had a few beers.’
But they seemingly wanted a blue because they yelled out, “Don’t f*****g ignore me mate”, but I did and just carried on walking.’
After walking further down the street, Morgan said he heard footsteps from behind him and was then hit in the eye by one of the men.
But he quickly managed to escape out of a body hold and fought back.
The 32-year-old said: ‘I hit the guy in front of me three or four times and then the one behind me was still holding onto me, so I grabbed him by the ears and bit into his cheek.
‘He squealed and just ran off, but they kept yelling at me about my pink shirt.’
Kent, who visited the hospital at the request of his wife, said he was shocked by the anti-homosexual motive for the attack.
He added: ‘I’ve got no issues with homosexuals and I’ve got mates who are gay, so it’s clearly a blight in the way these guys have been brought up.’