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Disability hate crime campaigners have welcomed a judge’s decision to jail two members of police staff whose failures allowed the murder of a disabled man who had begged officers for protection. Avon and Somerset police constable Kevin Duffy and community support […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is facing fresh calls to quit or be fired after suggesting in the House of Commons that disabled people were not “normal”. Duncan Smith (pictured) told MPs during work and pensions questions this week […]
Police and prosecutors face fresh embarrassment after failing to treat a disabled man who was targeted by criminals who forced him into slavery – and beat him when he tried to escape – as the victim of disability hate crime. Daniel […]
The criminal justice system has failed yet again to take the action needed to address its failings in dealing with disability hate crime, according to a new report. Two years ago, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and […]
Three thugs who carried out vicious attacks on young disabled men have avoided being sentenced for hate crime for the second time, raising fresh questions about the criminal justice system’s commitment to addressing targeted offences. One prominent disabled campaigner said the […]