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‘Hate crime’ perpetrators in Sussex receive tougher prison sentences

‘Hate crime’ perpetrators in Sussex receive tougher prison sentences

Defendants in Sussex are being handed stiffer sentences because they have committed a hate crime motivated by prejudice. A total of 47 criminal sentences were ‘uplifted’ in Sussex between January and March this year. Crimes which are eligible for an ‘uplifted’ sentence are any that are motivated ‘wh

Galop launch online hate crime report

Galop launch online hate crime report

Galop, the national LGBT domestic violence helpline, welcomes Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) commitment to crack down on online hate crime and launches online anti-LGBT+ hate crime report.

80 year old fined for homophobic abuse

80 year old fined for homophobic abuse

A eighty year old woman who yelled homophobic abuse at a man in Lewes has been fined £249. The victim was abused outside his shop in Cliffe High Street during a row with a woman about how she had parked outside the shop, as it was interfering with his business.

Carry On Up The Crown Prosecution Service

Carry On Up The Crown Prosecution Service

On the evening of May 13, 2016, my husband and I boarded a First Class train carriage to Manchester from London Euston. We heard the ladies before we saw them, as the group of three, aged between 35 and 55, rolled up the aisle laughing hysterically and demonstrating every gulp of wine they had clear

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