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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Police launch appeal as man hospitalised after homophobic attack in London park

Met Police

The police have launched an appeal after a man was left hospitalised in a homophobic assault in Burgess Park in south London.

Officers were called after 55-year-old male victim was approached by a man, not known to him, while walking with two friends in the park at 1.40am on Saturday. The man shouted homophobic abuse before hitting the victim over the head and making off on foot along Albany Road.

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