A Catholic teenager was tied to a wooden cross and hung from a wall in a “sustained course of victimisation and bullying” by work colleagues, a court has heard.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also had religious and phallic symbols drawn on his face and body with permanent marker, York Crown Court was told.
Read more: WATCH: CCTV of bank robbers who got away on pushbikes
Four men, including one from Edinburgh, are have gone on trial accused of religiously aggravated assault against the teenager, who was aged between 17 and 18 at the time.
Andrew Addison, of Selby, and Joseph Rose, of Bubwith, East Yorkshire, both deny putting a person in fear of violence by harassment and religiously aggravated assault by beating.
Addison also denies a charge of assault by beating. Christopher Jackson, of Barlby, North Yorkshire, and Alex Puchir, of Edinburgh both deny religiously aggravated assault by beating.
The trial was adjourned until Tuesday.
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article