Warning: Contains upsetting imagery. Birmingham police have arrested one man and named another two suspects following a brutal homophobic attack on a married couple in the city’s Gay Village.The married couple, referred to by their first names, Rob and Patrick, had visited the Gay Village after coming to Birmingham for a friend’s party.
While standing outside a gay bay, they were targeted by the men who were parked nearby in an SUV and pelted with homophobic abuse.One of the assailants stole a mobile phone when Patrick attempted to film the abuse, and when the couple’s friend put her hand in the car window to try and retrieve it, the men allegedly drove off, dragging her along.Rob ran after the SUV, and when he caught up to it at a traffic.