Hate Crime

Police appeal to LGBTQ+ community after gay man killed in London

Police have called for LGBTQ+ people to help provide information about Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage, who was found dead in a London cemetery.

Anti-LGBTQ+ preacher convicted of a hate crime

Omar Mohamad, a 65-year-old Muslim preacher, has been convicted of hate crime after calling a gay man a “creature” in 2019.

Gay man attacked in Liverpool as wave of hate crime continues

A 21-year-old gay man was left “covered in blood” after a “brutal” homophobic attack on Seel Street, Liverpool.

Update: Three arrested after homophobic Birmingham attack

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of attacking a married couple in Birmingham’s gay village on August 15.

Update: suspects named after attack in Birmingham’s gay village

Police have released the names of three suspects who may have played a role in the assault of a married couple in Birmingham’s gay village.

Couple attacked in Birmingham’s gay village

Rob and Patrick, a married couple in their 30s, were the victims of a homophobic attack in Birmingham’s gay village on August 14.

Two teens attacked in homophobic hate crime

Two teenage girls, aged 17 and 19, were the victims of a suspected hate crime in Hitchin, Hertfordshire after being beaten and robbed.