Kathryn Knott Sentenced For Attack On Gay Couple

A Bucks County woman has been sentenced to five to 10 months in jail in connection with an attack on a gay couple last year in Philadelphia.

Kathryn Knott, a Southampton resident, in December was acquitted of aggravated assault but was convicted of simple assault and reckless endangerment.

Knott, whose father is the police chief in Chalfont, was one of three Bucks County residents accused in the attack. Two men also accused have accepted a plea agreement.

The charges stem from an assault on a gay couple on the 1600 block of Chancellor Street in Philadelphia on Sept. 11. 11, 2014.

According to police, two gay men bumped into a crowd of about a dozen young men and women and members of the group began to make disparaging remarks about their sexuality before attacking both men. The victims were sent to Hahnemann University Hospital with severe injuries.