A man has been sentenced to a year in jail following a vicious homophobic attack on a couple returning home from Black Pride in Brixton last year. The incident occurred at a bus stop in Brixton on August 19,

Investigating officer Detective Inspector Pete Thompson from Brixton said: “This was a vicious, homophobic attack committed against two men who were simply waiting at a bus stop. Mabounda is a violent person who has rightly been imprisoned for what he did.

A man has been jailed for 12 months after viciously attacking two men in an unprovoked homophobic attack in Brixton. Jabbard Mabounda, 31, of Crosby Walk, attacked the two men who had been waiting for a bus after attending a Black Pride event on 19 August last year.