direct to your inboxA teenage thug who punched a Gay Village worker unconscious in a brutal homophobic attack has walked free from court.Ryan Williams, 24, and his friends were subjected to a barrage of disgusting insults including 'gay is wrong' and 'you all need to die' before he was attacked.Brandon Forrester had been celebrating his 18th birthday in July 2019 when he approached the victim at a McDonald's in Preston, Lancashire, a court heard.Prosecutor Wayne Jackson said Ryan had finished