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Some good stuff in here, on the background to hate crime legislation, answering some of the (rhetorical :lolol:) questions in this thread. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1041169/Hate-crime-report-accessible.pdf Stephen...

The police and then CPS would look at whether there's evidence of a hate crime per various statutes https://www.cps.gov.uk/crime-info/hate-crime as part of the attack or a motivation for the attack, through the usual examination of evidence, witness statements, sound recordings, mobile phones.

I’m team JK Rowling ….. I have lively debates with my daughter about it :lolol: . JK’s not transphobic. Just a feminist and pro women only spaces. All murders are disgusting. Knife crime, imho the second time you’re found guilty of carrying a knife, a strong sentence should be given. But...

The courts quite rightly will bring the alleged hate crime element into it, for the reasons I said above. Also said above, such factors must be established, so that we can move on as a civil society. Some scummers in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s deliberately targeted gay men in for example St...

Adds to the aggravating factors at sentencing, also possible premeditation examined during the trial itself. There’s a big difference between an impromptu murder and going out to hurt/murder someone who’s ‘different’. Which is little comfort to the loved ones of all victims of course. All...