They made their way back into the city, Simon taking with him his Louis Vuitton satchel containing his wallet, laptop, mobile phone, passport and expensive Cartier pen. The pair then caught a taxi to meet up with Banks’ brother and friends for further drinks in the West End area of Newcastle. It was here that Simon says Banks pulled down his trousers and invited him to perform a sexual act on him, though Banks denied this in court. Once they arrived, Matthew went to bed leaving Simon and Banks drinking wine in the living room. They met Banks in a nearby takeaway in the early hours of the morning and invited him back to their Gateshead house. Newcastle Crown Court heard how Simon and his friend Matthew Armstrong, who both work at Boulevard cabaret club in the city, decided to go clubbing after their shift on July 3 last year. “People are a lot better educated and times have moved on so it’s quite a rare thing, but there’s a small minority who still think like that.” “I’ve not seen homophobia like that since the 70s,” Simon told the Sunday Sun. Simon, from Whickham in Gateshead, says he was left living in fear and was unable to trust people in the months following the attack.īanks called him a “faggot” and threatened “I will kill you, I’m a trained boxer”. Iain Banks befriended Boulevard star Simon Green, better known as Betty Legs Diamond, on a night out in Newcastle.īut hours later he subjected him to a tirade of vile homophobic abuse and punched the entertainer before making off with his bag. A GLAMOROUS North cabaret star has told of his shock after a homophobic jailbird attacked and robbed him.
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