A man who says he was severely beaten for wearing a pink shirt has halted police investigations after he decided not to make a formal statement.
Blenheim man Kent Morgan claims he was attacked by two men who called him a "pink-shirt wearing homo" when he walked home on October 14.
Morgan was taken to Wairau Hospital for a bloody cut to his left eye and a gash to his knuckles after he ran home and told his wife what happened.
The married father-of-one told Fairfax he had struggled to move on after the attack and did not want to draw out proceedings.
Morgan did not report the attack to police until he heard about a knife-point robbery at the same spot on October 19, and thought the two might be connected.