Two gay men feared for their lives as they were kicked and stamped on by a gang of a masked thugs in a suspected homophobic attack.
Daniel Timothy, 31, and Jordan Brook, 36, were set upon by the gang outside Blackburn train station in Lancashire just after midnight on Tuesday (June 18).
The pair and Jordan's mum had arrived back in the town on a train from Manchester after going to watch Burlesque The Musical at the Opera House.
As they left the station, they encountered a group of males who began hurling homophobic abuse and threats of violence towards them, Daniel said.
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