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

By John Pring on 2nd November 2017 Category: Crime

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 […]

Outrage after council’s mobility scooter pavement ban suggestion

By John Pring on 1st December 2016 Category: Independent Living

Outrage after council’s mobility scooter pavement ban suggestion
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A council’s proposals to ban some mobility scooters from pavements as part of a crackdown on “anti social behaviour” are “outrageous, discriminatory and wrong” and likely to lead to a rise in disability hate crime, say disabled campaigners. The measure is […]

Huge rise in recorded hate crime, but full picture yet to emerge, say campaigners

By John Pring on 20th October 2016 Category: Crime

Huge rise in recorded hate crime, but full picture yet to emerge, say campaigners
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New Home Office figures show the number of disability hate crimes recorded by police increased by more than 40 per cent last year. The percentage increase in recorded disability hate crime by police forces across England and Wales was higher than […]

Disabled man forced to work as slave for 35 years… but still not a hate crime, says CPS

By John Pring on 14th July 2016 Category: Crime

Disabled man forced to work as slave for 35 years… but still not a hate crime, says CPS
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been criticised for failing to treat as a disability hate crime a case in which a disabled man was forced to work for a pittance and live in a shed for 35 years. Three people […]

Crime stats ‘are wake-up call’ on link between ‘demonization’ and targeted violence

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Crime

Crime stats ‘are wake-up call’ on link between ‘demonization’ and targeted violence
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Disabled people in England and Wales are now almost three-and-half times more likely than non-disabled people to be a victim of serious violent crime, according to new research that has been described as “a wake-up call to politicians”. The new analysis […]

Hate crime initiative sees police reports leap by 500 per cent

By John Pring on 7th April 2016 Category: Crime

Hate crime initiative sees police reports leap by 500 per cent
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A new London-wide scheme has seen the number of disability hate crimes recorded by police increase by 500 per cent within weeks of its launch. The Metropolitan Police’s Disability Hate Crime Matters (DHC Matters) initiative only began rolling out in January, […]

Most just stand by after witnessing hate crimes, says survey

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Crime

Most just stand by after witnessing hate crimes, says survey
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More than one in seven people have witnessed a disability hate crime or incident in the last year, according to a new survey released to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Disabled campaigners say the figures, published by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, […]

Police misconduct convictions ‘show need for hate crime action’

By John Pring on 23rd December 2015 Category: Crime

Police misconduct convictions ‘show need for hate crime action’
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The conviction of two police employees for misconduct in the lead-up to the murder of a disabled man who had begged officers for protection from his killer proves the need to take disability hate crime more seriously, say campaigners. Avon and […]

Actor’s horror as disability hate crime ‘comes knocking on the door’

By John Pring on 13th November 2015 Category: Crime

Actor’s horror as disability hate crime ‘comes knocking on the door’
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A leading disability hate crime campaigner has blamed the government’s anti-benefits rhetoric for a verbal attack on the partner of a wheelchair-using Coronation Street actor. Cherylee Houston, who plays Izzy Armstrong in the soap, revealed on Twitter this week that a […]

Justice system allows another murderer to escape a hate crime sentence

By John Pring on 29th May 2015 Category: Crime

Justice system allows another murderer to escape a hate crime sentence
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The criminal justice system’s continuing failings on disability hate crime have been highlighted by the sentencing of a brutal murderer, just 24 hours after the publication of a highly-critical new report by three watchdogs. Clare Humble, 50, from Bedlington, near Newcastle, […]

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