A couple who were assaulted by a group of people wearing masks say that they fear they will never be able to hold hands in public again.
Ryan Winnard, aged 21, walking with his boyfriend Max Green, 18, on the evening of November 23 when a group of men approached them.
The group hurled homophobic slurs at the couple as they held hands in Bury, before proceeding to attack the pair as they tried to walk away, Manchester Evening News reports.Max was struck in the back of the head, while Ryan was punched and attacked with a hammer.Following the frightening attack, Ryan suffered a broken nose and a fractured cheek bone.“Me and my boyfriend were heading home from his grandparents and as we were walking we could hear a group of lads,” Ryan, from