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A teenager who admitted targeting a lesbian couple on a bus in London after they refused to perform sex acts has been given a referral order.

Melania Geymonat and Christine Hannigan were targeted by a group of teenagers while on the top deck of a bus at 2.15am on May 30, less than 10 seconds after the couple boarded the bus.

CCTV of the incident showed the pair were surrounded, hit with coins, punched in the face several times and subjected to sexual gestures while travelling on the top deck of the N31 bus in north London.

The boy from Wandsworth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to an eight-month youth referral order and 12 hour' reparation at Wimbledon Magistrates Court today for two counts of harassment, theft, and handling stolen goods.

All three teenagers admitted targeting the women shortly before trial last month.

They admitted harassment under the Public Order Act. The 16-year-old sentenced today also admitted a second charge of harassment, theft and handling stolen goods.

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Both Ms Hannigan and Ms Geymonat, whose full name is Ms Geymonat-Ramirez, gave evidence behind screens in court on Friday.

Ms Hannigan said they were physically cornered by the teenagers and were "harassed because of who we were".

She said: "We were clearly together in a romantic sense, we were being affectionate.

"It is pretty intimidating being cornered and making homophobic comments."

She added: "You feel embarrassed being targeted for your sexual orientation."

The court heard Ms Hannigan and Ms Geymonat were returning from a date when the teenagers surrounded them.

"They wanted us to show them how lesbians have sex," Ms Hannigan continued.

"They said 'show us' and I don't remember if it was on its own or part of a larger phrase but the words were said."

When asked whether the teenagers were being aggressive or annoying, Ms Hannigan replied: "I think they were being both.

"They got up from their seats to surround us on the top deck of a bus, which is in of itself aggressive."

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Prosecutor Saira Khan previously said the teenagers saw the women as "some form of entertainment" which was why the 17-year-old was throwing coins at the pair.