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October 18, 2018 0

Sharp fall in disability hate crime referrals by police

The Home Office has been unable to explain why the number of disability hate crime cases referred to prosecutors by the police plunged last year by nearly a quarter, and why successful prosecutions of such offences fell even more sharply. In a week when the Home Office published its updated hate crime action plan,

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October 11, 2018 0

Police work on disability hate crime is ‘unacceptable’, say watchdogs

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The work of police officers on more than half of their disability hate crime investigations has been found to be “unacceptable”, according to a new report by two watchdogs. The joint inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) is the third attempt

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August 9, 2018 0

MPs win praise for online abuse proposals

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MPs have won praise after calling on the government to ensure disabled people finally secure equality in the protection they are offered by hate crime laws. Members of the Commons petitions committee said in a new report that it was not right that it was a crime to incite hatred on the grounds of

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April 26, 2018 0

Four jailed over furniture scam that targeted disabled and older people

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Four people have been jailed for their part in a criminal operation set up by a furniture company to target disabled and older people, many of whom were pressured for hours into buying substandard chairs and beds they did not want and did not need. Life Comfort Products Ltd in Peterborough employed “very aggressive

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February 8, 2018 0

Disabled people need ‘equal and fair’ hate crime laws, MPs are told

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Disabled people will only be protected from online abuse when they have “equal and fair” hate crime laws, a leading disabled campaigner has told MPs. Anne Novis, chair of Inclusion London, told the Commons petitions committee that the abuse targeted at disabled people online was “just an echo” of what they experienced on the

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Anne Novis on stage beside commander Mak Chishty of the Met police

January 25, 2018 0

MPs launch inquiry into online abuse of disabled people, following Katie Price petition

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Disability hate crime campaigners are to give evidence to MPs next month as part of a new inquiry into the online abuse of disabled people. The Commons petitions committee has launched the investigation following a petition set up by former model Katie Price which was signed by more than 220,000 people. Price’s petition called

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December 21, 2017 0

Murdered disabled refugee ‘was repeatedly failed by council and police’

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A disabled refugee who was murdered after years of racist harassment and abuse was repeatedly failed by a police force and his local authority, according to a long-awaited review into the events that led to his death. The review by the Safer Bristol Partnership found that both Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset

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November 30, 2017 0

Major law reform would help close ‘huge justice gap’ on disability hate crime

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Academics have called for a new hate crime act and other key legal reforms to address the “huge justice gap” that affects victims of disability hate crime, following a major two-year study. Researchers at the University of Sussex, led by Dr Mark Walters*, have concluded that the way the criminal justice system deals with

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Lord Thomas speaking from an ornate pulpit

November 2, 2017 0

Head of judiciary said Brexit delays will rule out vital hate crime law change

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The head of the judiciary has blamed the parliamentary logjam caused by Brexit for preventing the introduction of vital new laws that would make it easier for disability hate crime to be punished with stricter sentences. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, who retired last month, told the chief executive of the Crown Prosecution

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October 19, 2017 0

Police and council face questions over second murder of disabled refugee

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Public bodies in Bristol are facing allegations of institutional disablism and racism, after the second case in four years in which a man has been convicted of the brutal murder of a disabled refugee. Friends say that Kamil Ahmad had repeatedly told police officers that he was being threatened and racially abused by Jeffrey

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