Was It An Anti-Gay Attack ?

 

Was it an anti-gay attack that left gentle John dead,   thats what the friends arse asking today.   They fear neighbour John Carter who was found unconscious in a lift at a block of flats was killed in a gay attack.   They  said he had left a Leith pub with two men just hours before he was found dead.

John Carter was discovered in a lift in Salamander Court at around 3.30am on Sunday, and died at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary a short time later.

A friend told the Evening News that the 44-year-old had spent Saturday afternoon and evening at the Port O'Leith in Constitution Street before leaving with two men at 11.30pm.
Meanwhile, a 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Alan Ross, 45, at his home address in Pilton Drive North on Sunday. He was set to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today.

Mr Ross is understood to have suffered stab wounds. His body was discovered by firefighters after they were called to a blaze at his home.

One of the two men at the Port O'Leith was described as having a flame tattoo on his neck while the other had a Geordie accent.
They had been drinking with Mr Carter - who is understood to have been gay - before they departed.

Friends of Mr Carter, who lived in Cables Wynd House in Leith, have been left "devastated" and are worried he may have been attacked because of his sexuality.

A friend, who asked not to be named, said: "John had been drinking all day on the Saturday. He had no money left but friends bought him drinks.  "John had been talking to these two guys and they left together at 11.30pm.   We don't know if he was maybe going to a party. John was gay so we don't know if he might have expected something else to happen.

"That's left us thinking it may have been a homophobic attack

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