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A UK police body's guidance on recording non-crime "hate incidents" has interfered with the right to freedom of expression, the Court of Appeal ruled.
Former officer Harry Miller brought a Court of Appeal challenge against College of Policing guidance.
A court sided with ex-police officer Harry Miller, ruling that "gender critical" comments should not be classed as "hate incidents".
Sarah Phillimore, barrister and co-founder of campaign group Fair Cop, told The Telegraph she hopes the review “marks the beginning of the end for the well-intentioned but deeply flawed hate crimes guidance”. However, the College of Policing’s Iain Raphael has warned that, without recording the incidents, officers risk “having a blind spot in their local understanding, hampering their ability to protect members of vulnerable and marginalised groups”. Raphael cited the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report as showing the need for officers to understand “how hate can escalate”. How ...
Police recorded a 'hate incident' against a retired teacher who wrote a 'polite' letter to a campaigner defending a mother's right to abort a baby with Down's 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 Down's syndrome as a 'great privilege and joy', there are other 'perfectly decent people' who may wish to avoid 'what could well be for them an appalling change ...