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8.11.04
Lib Dem Councillor Ron Aitken has condemned an attack on a gay man on a
night bus outside Highgate tube station in the early hours of Thursday
morning.
He has also welcomed the Metropolitan Police's response. His comments come following a meeting he attended of the Gold Group - a panel
made up of senior police officers and leading members of the lesbian and gay
community - on Friday morning.
Assurances have been given to Cllr Aitken and others that the two victims of
the attack and their welfare will be foremost in the investigation and that
police will be deployed to protect members of the gay and lesbian community
as they go about their business.
Cllr Aitken comments:
"I am pleased that the Metropolitan Police have set up
a specialist enquiry team to apprehend the attacker and I am impressed by
the commitment to providing protection and reassurance to the lesbian and
gay community.
"People should not allow fear of an intolerant minority to stop them from
going out with their friends."
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