They just came at them outside out of nowhere. “They were shouting homophobic chants while beating up my son, it’s disgusting. I’m completely lost for words at what happened,” he said of his son’s attackers. “These people need to be named and shamed.

Morris’s father, Dave, described the assault as “horrible” and upsetting. “We’re so grateful for the couple who stepped in to help. Luckily for the pair, a good Samaritan couple intervened to stop the assault.

He went on to say both men were “covered in cuts and bruises” and that he was suffering from cracked ribs.

Wilson said Morris was “dressed in drag at the time” and upon seeing the men the couple “knew straight away they were coming straight for us.”