Lesbian couple beaten after seen kissing in a London bus

Melania Geymonat and her girlfriend Chris were brutally beaten and robbed by a group of men in a homophobic attack on a London bus.

They were said to be on a night bus in Camden, north London, in the early hours of May 30 when they were attacked.

Melania Geymonat took to Facebook to share photo of herself and her girlfriend, Chris, covered in blood, as she narrated the assault.

She wrote: "They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us 'lesbians' and describing sexual positions.

She said she "tried to calm them down by making jokes but the attack only intensified. She said they "kept on harassing us, throwing us coins and becoming more enthusiastic about it.

"The next thing I know is that Chris is in the middle of the bus fighting with them. On an impulse, I went over there only to find her face bleeding and three of them beating her up. The next thing I know is I'm being punched. I got dizzy at the sight of my blood and fell back."

Geymonat said she doesn't remember whether she lost consciousness. Then the bus stopped and police arrived, she said.