Aug 15, 2007Articles: Thug Sentenced for Anti-Gay Attack in Netherlands
By vanrozenheim
(Netherlands) - The court in Amsterdam sentenced 19-year-old Hazim A. to six months in prison on Monday, three months suspended, for an attack on a gay couple. The thug was also sentenced to 180 hours of community service. On the night of 28 June, A. assaulted two Gay men in the Reguliersdwarsstraat, an area home to many Gay bars and clubs. A. punched the men in the face, spit on them and swore at them repeatedly. The sentence coincided with the demands of the public prosecutor, who said A.'s offences were aggravated because he targeted the men specifically because of their sexual preference. "All you have to do is look a bit different and walk hand in hand in public and you could be a victim."
