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An 18-year-old girl has been left bloodied and “black and blue” in an alleged homophobic attack in a west Hull street.

Ellie-Mae Mulholland, of Walsall Garth, says she was attacked after confronting “one of her friends” over ten pounds they owed her before 4.30pm earlier today, July 8.

The two attackers allegedly beat Ellie-Mae, calling her a ‘f***ing lesbian’ and saying ‘you and your girlfriend are going to get it ten times worse next time’.

Ellie-Mae has been taken to Hull Royal Infirmary to receive treatment for her injuries, her sister, Stevie-Leigh Ansell, told Hull Live.

She said: “My younger sister was out and about on her way home from one of her friend’s house. She had seen a couple of her friends, who are usually her friends, and one of them owed her a tenner and Ellie asked about it.

(Image: Stevie-Leigh Ansell)

“The lass said she never had it. Then they both beat her [Ellie-Mae] black and blue.

“Because she is gay they called her a ‘f***ing lesbian, you and your girlfriend are going to get it ten times worse next time’.

“She thought they were her friends. All this happened while she was on the phone to her mum."

Stevie-Leigh, 22, has posted pictures of the bloody injuries her sister suffered on Facebook.

She says that Ellie-Mae has been left with a busted nose, two black-eyes and two big lumps on her head.

“Just by looking at her face they have had a really good go at her,” she said. “I think it's absolutely ridiculous.

“I feel I cannot let this happen to my sister because she is gay. I just feel really helpless.

“It is not okay, regardless if she is gay or not, to do this to an 18-year-old. It is absolutely disgusting.

“This is something daft over a tenner and then all the gay stuff came out which I don’t see why it is such a problem.

“As soon as they have an argument it is straight to her being a lesbian. Because she smokes they won’t take her cigarettes off her because they say they will get lesbian germs."

(Image: Stevie-Leigh Ansell)

Detective Chief Inspector Ali Sweeting said the force is investigating and will not tolerate any homophobic attacks in the city.

She said: “The initial report we received was in relation to a common assault and we have since seen media reports that this was believed to have had a homophobic motive.

“We are in the early stages of our investigations and will be speaking to the victim and to other parties involved to establish the full circumstances of the incident.

“If it is established that there was a homophobic motive we will be treating this appropriately. We deal with all hate incidents and crimes thoroughly and do not expect the people of our communities to have to suffer from the intolerance of others.”

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