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Ruby Thomas Is The Face Of Hate: The Death Of Ian Baynham In Pictures

by | 16th, December 2010

RUBY Thomas and Joel Alexander kicked and beat Ian Baynham to death in Trafalgar Square because he was gay and holding hands with his boyfriend. Mr Baynham was attacked close to the South African High Commission.

Ruby Thomas was found guilty at the Old Bailey of manslaughter. Joel Alexander has been convicted of the same charge.

Rachael Burke, 18, of Upper Norwood, southeast London, was earlier found guilty of affray. But it’s Ruby Thomas who excites the media. She’s the 18-year-old blonde who went to £12,000-a-year Sydenham High School for Girls.

The event was swift. She called Mr Baynham a “fucking faggot”. She swung her bag at him. He grabbed it. Joel Alexander hit him. Mr Baynham fell and hit his head on the pavement. With blood oozing from his nose and ears, Ruby Thomas kicked him the head. She had blood on her ballet pumps and her handbag.

Mr Baynham clung onto life for 18 days.

Homophobia is not a myth. It is very real. A man died because he dared to be true to himself and live his own life in the middle of London…

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File photo dated 20/04/2010 of 19-year-old Joel Alexander, of Thornton Heath, south London, arriving at the Old Bailey in London. He was found guilty of the manslaughter of 62-year-old Ian Baynham, who died 18 days after the drink-fuelled assault in London's Trafalgar Square.



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