Melania Geymonat, 28, from Uruguay, was left with a suspected broken nose while girlfriend Chris, from the US, was also beaten up after they refused to kiss for the pleasure of three boys (Picture: Sam Webb)

Three teenage boys have admitted threatening a lesbian couple on a bus after they refused to perform a sex act for their amusement.

Melania Geymonat, 28, and her girlfriend Christine Hannigan, were on the upper deck of a double-decker night bus in Camden, north London, when they were assaulted by a group of youths in the early hours of May 30.

The teenagers, aged 15, 16 and 17, appeared in court on Thursday after previously denying harassment charges.

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At an earlier hearing, Highbury Corner Youth Court was told the boys cornered the women, hit them with coins and subjected them to sexual gestures after they refused their demands to kiss.




The defendants, who can’t be named because of their ages, admitted the public order offences ahead of a two day trial that was set to start today.

Two of the teens also pleaded guilty to stealing items belonging to the couple including a bank card and a phone.

Melania Geymonat was left with shocking facila injuries after being attacked on a London bus (Picture: Sam Webb)

The horrifying attack sent shock waves across the UK (Picture: Sam Webb)

Prosecutor Saira Khan told the court the teenagers each played different roles during the nine-minute incident, which left one of the victims with a broken nose.

She said: ‘There is targeted behaviour towards both complainants and that does relate to their sexual orientation.’

Pictures taken after the women were attacked showed the pair looking distressed with blood covering their clothes and faces.

The incident made headlines all over the world when pictures of the blooded women went viral.

The couple were taken to hospital for treatment to facial injuries after the incident.

CCTV shows the moment three teens attack a gay couple who refused to kiss for their amusement (Picture: Met Police)

The males made lewd comments and threw coins at the women (Picture: MEt Police)

The attack left them both with facial injuries and one suffering a broken nose (Picture: Met Police)

The court heard the women were being affectionate towards one another when the teens approached them and started making lewd comments.

Those who pleaded guilty are due to be sentenced on Monday December 23 by District Judge Susan Williams.

Charges were dropped on Thursday against another 17-year-old.

Detective Superintendent Andy Cox, from the Met’s Roads and Transport Command, said hate crime on London’s transport network will ‘absolutely not be tolerated’ and urged any other victims to come forward.

Mandy McGregor, Head of Transport Policing and Community Safety at TfL, said: ‘This sickening incident was utterly unacceptable. Homophobic abuse is a hate crime and won’t be tolerated on our network. All of our customers have the right to travel without fear of verbal or physical abuse.

‘We hope this case reminds all of our customers that they should accept everyone for who they are and they have absolutely no right to abuse them.’