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Minister told ‘alarm bells are ringing’ over disability hate crime

By John Pring on 17th August 2017 Category: Crime

Minister told ‘alarm bells are ringing’ over disability hate crime
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Disabled campaigners have written to a government minister to warn him that “alarm bells are ringing” over the “massive discrepancies and inconsistencies” in the way the criminal justice system deals with disability hate crime prosecutions. The Disability Hate Crime Network says […]

Police force twice erased video footage before watchdog inquiries

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Crime

Police force twice erased video footage before watchdog inquiries
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A police force is facing questions over its treatment of disabled people, after two reports by the independent watchdog into the way its officers dealt with young autistic men. In both reports, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation was impeded […]

Ten years on, campaigners ask again: ‘If these are not hate crimes, what are?’

By John Pring on 20th July 2017 Category: Crime

Ten years on, campaigners ask again: ‘If these are not hate crimes, what are?’
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Six new cases in which disabled people have been the victims of brutal and degrading assaults have cast fresh doubt on the criminal justice system’s ability to recognise, punish and prevent disability hate crime. It is 10 years this month since […]

Police watchdog criticised over investigation into murder of disabled refugee

By John Pring on 6th July 2017 Category: Crime

Police watchdog criticised over investigation into murder of disabled refugee
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A watchdog has been criticised for failing to investigate whether disability hate crime played a part in the harassment and abuse suffered by a disabled refugee, who was repeatedly failed by police officers over seven years before being brutally murdered. Bijan […]

Agencies ‘should have been aware of risks faced by Lee Irving before his murder’

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Crime

Agencies ‘should have been aware of risks faced by Lee Irving before his murder’
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The agencies involved in supporting a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death should have been aware of the risks posed by the people he was living with, according to an independent report. The author of the serious case […]

Police force launches review of hate crime procedures, after activist’s complaint

By John Pring on 18th May 2017 Category: Crime

Police force launches review of hate crime procedures, after activist’s complaint
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Police have been forced to launch a major review after refusing to treat online attacks against a leading disabled activist as disability hate crimes. And a second police force has upheld a series of complaints made by the activist, Doug Paulley, […]

Lee Irving murder sentences increased, but still no hate crime recognition

By John Pring on 9th March 2017 Category: Crime

Lee Irving murder sentences increased, but still no hate crime recognition
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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 […]

Solicitor general appeals sentences on ‘disability hate crime’ murder

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Crime

Solicitor general appeals sentences on ‘disability hate crime’ murder
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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 […]

Murder of disabled man tortured to death by ‘friend’ was not hate crime, says judge

By John Pring on 8th December 2016 Category: Crime

Murder of disabled man tortured to death by ‘friend’ was not hate crime, says judge
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A judge has failed to treat the murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death by his killer as a disability hate crime, raising fresh concerns about flawed legislation that is supposed to ensure higher sentences for […]

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 […]

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