A probation worker told a court he has been forced to seek medical and psychiatric help due to homophobic abuse from a mother and daughter.

Michael Harris, of Marley Lane, Kingston, near Canterbury, spoke on the first day of the four-day trial of Karen Reeves, 44, and Christie Myles, 22, for harrassment of him and his partner, Shires Crichton.

Mr Harris, who runs a probation-led hostel for ex-offenders, told Canterbury magistrates he was now seeing a psychiatrist.

He said: “Our quality of life has been constantly impinged by them. We have become their entertainment.”

The trial continues.

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