Suspect found guilty in chair attack on gay couple inside Dallas BBQ

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Brazen attack on two men inside Dallas BBQ in Chelsea
Jim Dolan reports from Chelsea.

CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) -- There's a guilty verdict in a brutal attack on a gay couple that was caught on camera inside a restaurant in Chelsea.

A jury found Bayna-Lekheim el-Amin guilty of first-degree attempted assault for tossing a wooden chair during a brawl inside a Dallas BBQ in May 2015.

He was acquitted of a lesser charge for stomping on the head of one of the men.

He faces up to 15 years in prison.