Elizabeth Kinney, a 34-year-old single mother of four from Tranmere, Merseyside, was dragged naked from her bathtub last month when 11 police officers – ten men and one woman – burst into her home to arrest her.
Her crime? While recovering in hospital from a fractured skull and serious injuries inflicted by a male acquaintance, Kinney sent private text messages to a former friend that included the word “faggot” to describe her attacker.
The recipient reported the messages as “grossly offensive.”
On 20 November, Kinney pleaded guilty at Sefton Magistrates’ Court to sending a malicious communication aggravated by homophobic hate. She was fined £364, given a community order and forced to apologise in open court.
No charges have been brought against the man who assaulted her. Appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Kinney described the raid as “terrifying and humiliating.”
Merseyside Police defended deploying 11 officers as “proportionate” for public protection.