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Two people involved in the brutal murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death have had their sentences increased by the court of appeal. Julie Mills and Nicole Lawrence were originally sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court last […]
A chief constable has insisted that his police force was right not to treat the brutal murder of a man with learning difficulties who was hung from a tree and beaten to death by two “friends” as a disability hate crime. […]
The solicitor general has agreed to appeal the allegedly “unduly lenient” sentences handed down to three people jailed for offences connected with the murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death. But the solicitor general, the Tory […]
The aunt of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death is asking the attorney general to appeal against the judge’s failure to treat his murder as a disability hate crime. James Wheatley, 29, from Kenton Bar, Newcastle, repeatedly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A leading campaigner has called for a strategy to tackle “insidious” online posts that allow individuals to make “discriminatory and hostile statements” about disabled people without being punished by the criminal justice system. Stephen Brookes a coordinator of the Disability Hate […]
A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer two separate incidents involving young autistic men to the police watchdog. One case referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) […]
A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now facing another complaint after officers ignored his family’s plea to investigate a second brutal attack. Daniel Smith was only finally able […]