Evil yobs humiliated my girl for looking different...

A MUM says her 14-year-old daughter was attacked by a gang of teenagers for ‘looking different.’

After months in lockdown, Emilea Hilton met up with friends for an afternoon out at KFC and Costa Coffee.

But the teenager’s mum Nicola says her daughter and pals had their outing ruined by a cruel gang who turned on them at Parsonage Retail Park in Leigh.

Nicola said: “Emilea left at 1pm happy, she got herself ready – her black, leather skirt, netted tights, Doc Martens. Everything was fine like always. When she came home and went through the ordeal, my heart was broken. There was a girl and a lad on a bike, they went to Emilea and her friends and said ‘what do you think you’re wearing? Why are you dressed like that?.’

“They started shouting constant abuse and it never stopped. Then from nowhere, 10 more appeared and backed the girl up. Emilea and her friends ran to Costa Coffee, but the gang followed them and just carried on. The things they shouted

– ‘you’re a Goth, look at your hair, do you want a hairbrush?’

“They all stood laughing and they pushed her onto the table and shouted at her ‘show us your wrists.’ They carried on laughing and taunting her while she was on the floor crying. She was made to lift up her sleeves to show the crowd. They said to my daughter’s friends ‘why are you hanging around with her and look at that?.’

“Just horrible things they did to her, she had to go through them for about 30 minutes as they followed her around. It was probably the worst half an hour of her life.” The incident hit Emilea hard, Nicola said. “I think this will torment her now – she’s already told me that she doesn’t want to go out again,” she added. “They have gone out to target girls who look different to embarrass and degrade them.

“She does dress differently, but I’ve always encouraged her to wear what she wants. She’s very clever, loves science and wants to be a vet. It’s pure evil what they have done.”

Nicola said the incident has been reported to police. GMP has been contacted for comment.