SHOPPING CENTRE STABBER BLAMES HOMOPHOBIA
News by Simon McD on December 11, 2009 at 10:16 am
Milton Keynes. Shopping centre. Drunken guy. Threatens to stab a security guard. Gets arrested.
But when John Barker (49) is taken to Milton Keynes Magistrates court, he claims that his offences – including spitting, threatening behaviour – are the result of homophobia.
He said: “I live in a bush opposite the police station. I choose to live there because I feel safe there. People keep beating me up because I am gay. Nobody likes me because I am gay. It’s very difficult being gay.”
Prosecuting barrister Abi McHugh De Clare brought in six witnesses and gave magistrates a long list of previous convictions, including Barker urinating in front of diners at Milton Keynes’ Pizza Express.
Jane Forster, the council’s anti-social behaviour officer, told the court she had given Barker information about charities to help with his problems, but said that on attending the offices he had been abusive.
The prosecutor told magistrates Barker’s accusations of homophobia were “ill-founded” and has been banned from entering Milton Keynes city centre.
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