Remainer reveals he has been assaulted by foul-mouthed youths who spat at him, punched by pensioner in the pub and shouted at in street just because he wears anti-Brexit T-shirt
- Peter Cook, 60, from Gillingham in Kent was punched and abused in the street
- He wears a t-shirt which says ‘Break Brexit before Brexit breaks Britain’ on it
- Mr Cook has also been verbally abused in the street because of the top, he said
- He has been left with injuries, including two black eyes, from a gang of youths
A remainer has been punched and verbally abused – once suffering two black eyes – just for wearing an anti-Brexit top, he has claimed.
In less than two months Peter Cook, 60, has been set upon numerous times including by a gang of youths and a pensioner, as well as random passersby.
Mr Cook suffered black eyes when a gang of violent teenagers pounced on him at a train station in October.
The yobs hurled abuse at the musician from Gillingham in Kent after seeing his T-shirt, which says ‘Break Brexit before Brexit breaks Britain’.
Mr Cook was called an idiot and ‘Brexit w*****’ as he made his way home with his bicycle on October 22.
Peter Cook an anti-Brexit campaigner from Gillingham in Kent was attacked at Gillingham Railway station for his views on Brexit and left with two black eyes
Mr Cook’s t-shirt says ‘Break Brexit Before Brexit Breaks Britain’ – but it has got him in trouble
The youths tried to grab his bike and one of them then punched him in the face, leaving Mr Cook needing hospital treatment.
A few weeks later he was punched in the face by a pensioner in a pub after a Brexit debate became heated.
He was also verbally abused by a passerby as he walked through the streets – again after his attacker noticed the T-shirt.
Mr Cook, of Gillingham, Kent said: ‘The teenagers at the train station tried to pull my bicycle down the stairs and started spitting at me.
‘There was about seven of them and one of them punched me across the face once.
‘They were very aggressive – it wasn’t nice.’
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Mr Cook says he wears the T-shirt two or three times a week, usually when he is going to protest over Brexit.
He thought of the phrase while in the shower and says he will continue to wear the white top, which has the words written in blue and red.
The pensioner at the pub did not leave him with any injuries, though Mr Cook said he was shocked to be assaulted during their discussion.
Last Monday he was the victim of a barrage of abuse from a stranger after leaving a supermarket while dressed in the top.
The man told Mr Cook to ‘cross the Channel’ if he did not like the outcome of the referendum.
Mr Cook, 60, refused to give up wearing the t-shirt despite it attracting negative attention
Mr Cook said: ‘I’d just come out of Aldi and a guy who must have seen me in there started going off at me outside.
‘He was about 30 yards away and just started shouting ‘you f****** c***, you f****** this and that’ for no reason.
‘An elderly couple thought he was shouting at them but I said ‘it’s me he wants’.
‘A lot people are experiencing this in the area.
‘I think there’s an awful lot of regret about Brexit, and people think they haven’t got what they voted for.’
British Transport Police said it is still investigating the train station attack on Mr Cook.
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