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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 ...

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 person's 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 the policy, which was introduced in College of Policing guidance last year, have highlighed the im...

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 person's enhanced DBS checks during job applications Conservative MP Sir John Hayes told Telegraph stats showed 'disturbing trend'