Michael Causer

Michael Causer, 18, was beaten severely by two men aged 19, on July 25th as he walked home from a party in Huyton. The alleged homophobic hate crime happened at around 10:30am as Mr Causer walked home with two friends. The two attackers had attended the same party as Mr Causer the night prior and there had been an altercation between the three. Michael’s friends described him as “the life and soul of the party” and “a peoples person” “he wouldn’t harm a fly”.
Michael was beaten so severely, that he was taken immediately to Whiston Hospital, where he was treated with emergency brain surgery. He was then transferred to Walton Neurology Hospital in Liverpool. He fought for his life for a further week. Unfortunately Michael lost that fight at 12:30pm on Saturday 2nd August.
The two men were originally arrested and charged with Grievous Bodily Harm with intent, however following Michael’s death the pair have been re-arrested and charged with murder. They have been bailed in the meantime, awaiting trail date on November 17th.
The Recorder at the court hearing, Judge Henry Globe, responded: “you are both extremely fortunate to be on bail”.
This horrible tragedy grouped the community together in a shocking way. Friends of Michael began a group on a networking website which at the minute has 5906 members, not all of these knew him, but all know of his story.
Michael’s funeral took place on Tuesday October 2nd, with an astonishing amount of people showing up for the service. His family thanked everybody for their support on a public Facebook message, stating that they were “amazed by how many who showed up for him”.
A ‘Michael Causer fund’ has been set up by the LGBT group in Liverpool and over £1000 has already been raised in support of this.