Police say nine ‘violent and dangerous men’ have been removed from London’s streets
Nine gang members will spend years in prison for a ‘truly shocking’ homophobic acid attack on gay men.
Huseyin Onel, 24, and his gang targeted clubbers leaving gay venue Dalston Superstore.
The thugs beat up a man on 5am on 5 May, a bank holiday.
They stamped and kicked him as he curled up in a ball on the ground and covered his face.
Homophobic acid attack in east London
The gang then beat up another man who had started filming the attack on his phone after leaving a club. The second victim’s friends intervened and a huge brawl erupted.
Onel then squired a corrosive acid substance from a plastic bottle into the second victim’s face and eyes.
The suspects then got into three cars and drove from the scene, shouting homophobic comments at members of the group, and claiming they ‘run Hackney’.
The attack did not take place outside Dalston Superstore, but around the corner in Shacklewell Lane. Club bosses said their venue had closed at 2.30am, two and a half hours before the attack.
Detective Constable David Leitner said: ‘Nine violent and dangerous men have been removed from London’s streets today and will now spend a lengthy time locked up in prison.
‘The level of violence used in this attack, coupled with the speed that this incident escalated, are truly shocking.
‘A group of people who were enjoying themselves at the end of a night out were subjected to a sustained and relentless wave of violence including the use of a corrosive substance – because they acted as good Samaritans to help a male being subjected to a vicious assault.
‘The original victim who was attacked by the group has never been traced but I hope he, and all those who were set upon by this violent group of individuals, will take some comfort from the fact that this group has been convicted.’
Nine gang members jailed and their sentences
- Onel – 17 years jail for applying a noxious substance causing GBH, plus three years on extended license
- Mehmet Tekagac, 30, of Kenworthy Road, Homerton – jailed for 14-and-a-half years for applying a noxious substance causing GBH, plus another three years on extended license. Also sentenced to eight years for robbery and three years for violent disorder
- Onur Ardic, 27, of Frampton Park Road – jailed for 14 years for applying a noxious substance causing GBH plus another three years on extended license. He was also sentenced to three years for violent disorder, all running concurently.
Guven Ulas, 20, of Pultney Street, Barnsbury, jailed for 30 months for violent disorder. - Hackney’s Mustafa Kiziltan, 30, jailed for three years – 27 months for violent disorder and nine months for dangerous driving. He was also sentenced to three months for failing to stop, which will run concurrently.
- Serkan Kiziltan, 22, of Well Street, given 18 months for violent disorder.
- Umit Kaygisiz, 21, of Orsman Road, Hoxton, jailed for two years and four months in prison for violent disorder and attempting to bring a mobile phone into prison.
- Yasam Erdogan, 24, of Nightingale Road, Canonbury, jailed 18 months for violent disorder, suspended for two years.
Turgut Adakan, 23, of Roman Road, sentenced to 18 months for violent disorder, suspended for two years.
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