(but he only received a caution)
"A gay man who was the victim of a homophobic abuse has criticised the action taken against the thug responsible.
Alex Platt was travelling on a train from Blackpool to Manchester with friend Tyrone Ruscoe, who's also gay, when a passenger hurled insults at them.
Mr Ruscoe filmed the abuse on his mobile phone and footage posted on YouTube has been viewed more than 35,000 times."
There was a case in London with Jacqueline Woodhouse who got 21 weeks for a racist attack, which in our eyes is just as bad as what we received."
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