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Josie Gibson's deaf brother left battered and bloodied by thugs

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/big-brother-winner-josie-gibsons-3063637#.UuU4P4XLeM8
Sick thugs beat up the deaf brother of reality star Josie Gibson during a night out - because he wasn't able to give them directions.

The Big Brother winner was out celebrating her 29th birthday in Bristol with friends and family last night when the attack took place.

It is understood Harry, who is deaf, was approached by at least two men who asked him for directions.

When he started to sign a reply, rather than speaking aloud, the callous thugs turned on him and beat him up.

Horrible thing to happen to anyone, let alone if it was indeed because he is deaf.
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    Vodka_DrinkaVodka_Drinka Posts: 28,753
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    Horrible thing to happen. But no doubt Josie will milk it for all it's worth.
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    InspirationInspiration Posts: 62,706
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    Strange choice of photo to share on social media. I'm guessing that's Josie on the right?
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    You'll always get some morons out there.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    Strange choice of photo to share on social media. I'm guessing that's Josie on the right?

    Yes, that's her. She looks completely different to how she looked before.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,888
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    Poor guy! There's some horrible people about :\
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    jazzyjazzyjazzyjazzy Posts: 4,865
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    Strange choice of photo to share on social media. I'm guessing that's Josie on the right?


    Amazed she is posting that photo of herself - looks like she was involved in it and lost half her clothing. :o
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    GoatyGoaty Posts: 7,776
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    It really horrible to happens and poor guy.

    I am Deaf myself and sadly it common happens to Deaf people and now it well known cos he got famous sister.

    Really hope he well and better but please don't let his sister milk it about herself.
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    cris182cris182 Posts: 9,595
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    First thing i thought was wow that is awful. Soon followed by wtf is she half dressed for.
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    JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    cris182 wrote: »
    First thing i thought was wow that is awful. Soon followed by wtf is she half dressed for.

    They were out celebrating her birthday according to the article so it stands to reason she'd be dressed accordingly
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    ScottishPancakeScottishPancake Posts: 1,080
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    They were out celebrating her birthday according to the article so it stands to reason she'd be dressed accordingly
    I know it's bad for such a thing to happen to someone anytime, but during a birthday celebration? That's just lower than the lowest of low! :cry:
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    FlannoFlanno Posts: 1,427
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    Poor guy.

    This isn't the first time I've heard happening to a deaf person. There was another deaf guy who got mugged and stabbed on a railway bridge in Dublin years ago. Luckily, he survived.
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    That's awful :( I hope the people who did it get the book thrown at him.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,544
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    Someone should do to them what they did to the poor guy
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    Susie_WilcoxSusie_Wilcox Posts: 1,014
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    Why take a photo of the poor guy? what does that achieve?
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    ScottishPancakeScottishPancake Posts: 1,080
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    Why take a photo of the poor guy? what does that achieve?
    Makes the article more 'eye-catching', thus more revenue generated! :rolleyes:
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    JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    Makes the article more 'eye-catching', thus more revenue generated! :rolleyes:

    To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to post something so cynical, but hey ho, it's Showbiz after all.

    The picture was clearly taken by someone else in the first instance, and in the second instance, they obviously lifted it from her Twitter feed. Anyway, taking pictures of people after assaults happens all the time - it's not like it's something the Gibson family have suddenly invented is it ?

    Publishing pictures like this is often used as a way of encouraging people to come forward if they've seen anything relating to the incident - nothing to do with "revenue".
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    pollipolli Posts: 2,180
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    To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to post something so cynical, but hey ho, it's Showbiz after all.

    The picture was clearly taken by someone else in the first instance, and in the second instance, they obviously lifted it from her Twitter feed. Anyway, taking pictures of people after assaults happens all the time - it's not like it's something the Gibson family have suddenly invented is it ?

    Publishing pictures like this is often used as a way of encouraging people to come forward if they've seen anything relating to the incident - nothing to do with "revenue".
    It isn't showbiz though .
    He is the brother of a woman who won bb and has yo-yo weight issues .She has no other talent and he is not in showbiz that I'm aware.
    Yes, it is horrific and I hope they catch the scum who did it to the poor guy but this is not a showbiz topic in my opinion . To be fair neither is she any more, but again,just my opinion.
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    kippehkippeh Posts: 6,655
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    <Heads to the JJJ appreciation thread for their take on this matter>
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    JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    polli wrote: »
    It isn't showbiz though .
    He is the brother of a woman who won bb and has yo-yo weight issues .She has no other talent and he is not in showbiz that I'm aware.
    Yes, it is horrific and I hope they catch the scum who did it to the poor guy but this is not a showbiz topic in my opinion . To be fair neither is she any more, but again,just my opinion.

    I meant Showbiz forum, not Showbusiness in the general sense of the word.
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    Molly BloomMolly Bloom Posts: 2,318
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    Why take a photo of the poor guy? what does that achieve?

    This is everything I hate about modern technology and social media as a combination - the way it actively encourages the most shameless attention seekers to share the most inappropriate things. Even calling it sharing riles me, because of how invasive it often is when people post things of ill children/relatives etc.

    However, what a shocking and disgusting incident. I do feel like there are more and more psychos out there who relish in hurting people and will do so at the first chance they get, and they don't even need a reason to lash out, they just do because they are lunatics. I truly hope the brother makes a recovery from this and will have the best support and protection around him.
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    shelleyj89shelleyj89 Posts: 16,292
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    I have no issue with her posting the photo. No doubt there would have been some people who thought she was making it up for attention if she'd only tweeted about it with no evidence. I also have no issue with her telling her followers that it had happened. You've got to be some sick individual to beat up a deaf person simply because they couldn't give you directions. I wish her brother and her family well, and hopefully they get the people who did it.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    Why take a photo of the poor guy? what does that achieve?

    To show what the thugs did to him. What's different about this and the fact that the news on TV sometimes shows images of people who've been beaten up by someone?
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    DemonicrodentDemonicrodent Posts: 520
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    Not a fan of Josie , I wouldn't be surprised if this was staged to get her back in the papers.
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    GroutyGrouty Posts: 34,039
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    Disgusting, hang the ***** :mad:

    Poor guy.
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    performingmonkperformingmonk Posts: 20,086
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    Strange choice of photo to share on social media. I'm guessing that's Josie on the right?

    Yeah, it just 'happens' to include Josie with her tits on display...

    They probably beat him up cause he was her brother, not cause he was deaf.
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