Three suspects have been apprehended by police after a gay couple were left bloodied and beaten in a horrible attack in Birmingham’s Gay Village.
On 15 August, partners Rob and Patrick, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, were in Birmingham for a friend’s housewarming party and decided to go out in the city’s Gay Village.
The pair left Missing Bar where they had initiated a light-hearted conversation with a group of men carrying balloons.
After joking about whether the balloon was for a birthday the group of four men, who were said to be in a black SUV, retaliated in an aggressive manner and started physically assaulting the couple.
“They did not like that and went into all sorts of foul language, including homophobic slurs directed at us,” the pair said.
Patrick tried to record the assailants on his phone, but the attackers stole his phone and pushed him to the ground before fleeing the scene.
Due to being attacked with glass bottles, Rob received 16 stitches in his head and had six more on his hand.
On 26 August, West Midlands Police confirmed that two arrests had been made in relation to the case following a public appeal.
#UPDATE | We’ve #arrested three men following a violent attack on a couple in Birmingham’s Gay Village earlier this month.
Two men were subjected to homophobic abuse and later attacked with bottles in the early hours of Sunday 15 August.
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— West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) August 26, 2021
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