Crime & Safety

BREAKING: Kathryn Knott Verdict In

A Bucks County woman has been acquitted of the most serious charges in connection with an attack on a gay couple last year in Philadelphia.

A Bucks County woman has been acquitted of the most serious charges in connection with an attack on a gay couple last year in Philadelphia, a jury decided Friday.

Kathryn Knott, a Southampton resident, was acquitted of aggravated assault but was convicted of simple assault and reckless endangerment, 6ABC News reported.

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.

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Her sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 8 and she faces up to two years in prison, 6ABC reports.

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

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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.

The victims have not offered a statement in response to the verdict.

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