Bijan Ebrahimi murder: Killing 'bears hallmarks of notorious hate crime...
The horrific murder of a disabled man bears the hallmarks of some of the most notorious disability hate crime killings of the last 10 years, say shocked campaigners. Bijan Ebrahimi was kicked...
View ArticleHate crime reporting gap persists, but watchdog welcomes progress
There is still a substantial gap between the number of disability hate crimes committed and how many are reported to police, although many public bodies are “making progress” with their response to...
View ArticleGovernment dismisses Bristol hate crime sentence calls
The attorney general has dismissed calls from hate crime campaigners to ask the courts to increase the sentence handed to the killer who carried out the horrific murder of a disabled man last summer....
View ArticlePolice fail again on disability hate crime
Another police force has admitted failing to treat repeated, targeted, violent offences against a disabled person as disability hate crimes. Craig Kinsella was kept as a slave in a garage by a...
View ArticleDoubts over police watchdog’s probe into ‘hate crime’ murder
Doubts have been raised over the ability of the police complaints watchdog to carry out a proper investigation into the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of a disabled man. The Independent...
View ArticleKinsella hate crime farce ‘highlights need for new laws’
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has admitted that its own barrister failed to follow instructions to ask for a series of violent attacks on a disabled man to be treated as disability hate crime....
View ArticleCriminal justice system should do more on disability hate crime, says police...
Criminal justice system should do more on disability hate crime, says police expert A leading police expert has called on the criminal justice system to do more to tackle disability hate crime....
View ArticlePilkington force brought in to probe ‘hate crime attack’ by police officers
A police force praised for improving its work on disability hate crime following a notorious double death has been called in by another force to investigate an alleged assault on a disabled man by two...
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