Ukrainian refugee 'shocked' after being victim of homophobic attack in Edinburgh

Nick was attacked outside the Sainsbury's on Edinburgh's Nicolson Street. Image: Google Street View.

A Ukrainian refugee has said he was the victim of a homophobic attack on the streets of Edinburgh.

At around 9:30pm on June 29, Nick, a 22-year-old refugee from Eastern Ukraine who has been resident in Scotland since April, was walking into a Sainsbury’s supermarket on Nicolson Street when a man approached him and grabbed his hand.