Tag: apology
‘Oldest gay in the village’ gets apology for gay conviction after 43 year battle
A 93-year-old man has received an apology for his homosexual conviction after a 43 year long battle.
George Montague, dubbed the ‘oldest gay in the village’, has been given an “abject apology” in a letter from the Home Office.
Mr Montague was convicted in 1974 of gross indecency with a man and has fought ever since for an apology.
The government pardoned thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted under historic anti-gay laws earlier this year, but Mr montague argued...
Gay man receives apology from Met Police nine years after abuse claims
David Cary was fought a nine-year legal battle with the Met.
The Metropolitan police have awarded a gay man compensation and offered an apology after admitting that they had failed to properly investigate homophobic harassment claims he had made, the BBC reports.
David Cary, 54, was riding his bicycle in 2007 when a neighbour called him a “poof” and a “queer.” He reported the incident, and while the police did initially investigate they took no further action.
Cary then sued the police for...
John Oliver Rips Ryan Lochte and His ‘Bullsh*t Apology’ – WATCH
On Last Week Tonight on Sunday, John Oliver tore into American swimmer Ryan Lochte for having fabricated claims he made that he and his teammates were robbed at gunpoint while in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics.
As we’ve reported, what apparently happened is that Lochte and 3 other Team USA swimmers vandalized a gas station and were made to pay for the damage they did by an armed security guard.
Oliver described Lochte alternately as “the purest form of...
