Doctor murdered in homophobic attack by two men and teenage girl

A doctor was murdered in a homophobic attack carried out by two men and a teenage girl in a Cardiff park after they targeted a gay man to rob.

Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, was brutally beaten, kicked and punched to death in Bute Park in the early hours of July 20 last year.

Audio of the horrendous attack, carried out by Jason Edwards, 25, Lee Strickland, 36, and Dionne Timms-Williams, 17, depicted Dr Jenkins pleading for help and for his attacks to “Leave me alone” but his cries were left unheeded.

After 15 minutes of being savagely beaten by the group, he was left for dead covered in blood with his trousers pulled down to expose his penis, in the ultimate humiliation.

He was taken to hospital but died two weeks later on August 5.

Edwards, Strickland and Timms-Williams were arrested and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter, robbery and assaulting a man who tried to intervene.

They all denied murder but were found guilty by a jury on Thursday following a trial at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

The trial heard Dr Jenkins had gone to Bute Park in order to have sexual encounters with other men but he was targeted by the group because of his sexuality and subjected to an unmerciful and sustained attack.

During the murder, which was caught on CCTV from the Summerhouse Cafe, Dr Jenkins can be hearing shouting: “Argh… I haven’t got any money… Argh… Please help me…. What are you doing?”

He also shouts: “Stop it, stop it (Repeated)... Argh that was…. Argh get off me, leave me alone.”

During the assault, Edwards could be heard shouting: “Stamp his head, stamp his head now, stamp his head bro.” and the doctor is subjected to homophobic abuse.”

Timms-Williams could also be heard shouting for money and saying: “F****** c***, I don’t give a f***.”

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