Couple Plead Guilty to Heinous Homophobic Attack on Older Gay Man
The pair admitted to shoving a fire-poker down the 58-year-old's throat not long after the ex-magistrate had come out in an emotional newspaper article.
April 08 2021 1:20 PM EDT
Two assailants pleaded guilty in a United Kingdom court to torturing an elderly former magistrate who had recently come out as gay in a local newspaper. Stuart Holland, 45, and his partner Joanna Bath, 46, admitted to shoving a fire-poker down the throat of Vince McMahon and more during the March 2019 assault. According to a report in
Kent Online, the couple claimed the incident was the result of a billing dispute, but prosecutors presented evidence the pair were motivated by their own homophobia. McMahan passed away last year from natural causes, but prosecution of the heinous crime continued. Holland and Bath were remanded to custody following their pleadings, and will be sentenced Monday.