
Uk Police Hunts Gay Man's Killer
LONDON, UK -- The London Metropolitan Police are
chasing the killer, or killers, of a gay bar manager who was beaten to
death in what the police believes was a hate crime.
Jody Dobrowski, 24, from south-east London, was kicked and punched to
death on the edge of a well-known gay cruising area on Clapham Common.
Scotland Yard said yesterday the violence was so extreme that his killers
had no use for a weapon. Fists and feet, rather than a club or knife, were
enough to inflict the injuries to the head, neck and chest from which Mr
Dobrowski died in hospital at 10.30am on Saturday.
Police said that shouts heard by witnesses led them to believe it was a
homophobic attack.
Jody
Dobrowski was the 141st victim of a homophobic assault in the borough of
Lambeth, which adjoins Clapham Common, in a year.
Bob Hodgson, from the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender Advisory
Group, appealed to members of the gay community who had also been attacked
in recent months to come forward as they may have vital information.
"Members of the gay community are often targeted as very often they do not
report such attacks to the police," Hodgson said.
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