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Police recorded a hate incident against a retired teacher who wrote a polite letter to a campaigner defending a mothers right to abort a baby with Downs syndrome.  Douglas Kedge, 85, penned a letter to a woman protesting about an episode of Emmerdale in which a couple decided to terminate a pregnancy after the baby was diagnosed with the genetic disorder. He wrote that although he understood some may regard having a child with Downs syndrome as a great privilege and joy, there are other perfec...

Share Even if police find no evidence that a crime has been committed, if anyone believes the incident was motivated by hate then officers are obliged to make a record. These records, which stay on the system for six years, can show up on enhanced DBS checks. And they could ultimately jeopardise a persons career, even though the individual was not found guilty of, or even charged with, a hate crime. More than 120,000 people had non-crime hate incidents recorded against them last year Critics of...

Figures show more than 2,000 non-crime hate incident recorded against youths Non-crime hate incidents involve hostility toward a person with no proof of hate Despite not being a crime, the incidents are recorded in police systems for years They can show up on a persons enhanced DBS checks during job applications Conservative MP Sir John Hayes told Telegraph stats showed disturbing trend