Sentence examples for hate offences from inspiring English sources

Also appearing was Mark Collett, 24, of Rothley, Leicestershire, who was charged with eight race hate offences.

The number of hate offences recorded by police jumped after the terrorist attack by Khalid Masood at Westminster in March last year.

In July that year, he was given the go-ahead to challenge the convictions for incitement to murder and race hate offences.

The number of alleged race hate offences logged by the force between 24 June and 7 July amounts to a 57% increase on the previous two weeks, and an even sharper rise of 78% on the equivalent period in 2015.

BTP statistics for the two weeks following the referendum, obtained by the Press Association through a freedom of information (FoI) request, show that: There were 11 alleged race hate offences on 25 June – the day after the outcome of the vote was announced.

The footage sparked a police investigation but Mr Griffin and BNP activist Mark Collett were cleared of race hate offences in 2006 after two highly-publicised trials.

A key difference for hate crime offences is the coverage of public order offences in police recorded crime but generally not in the CSEW, as many of these offences will not involve a specifically identifiable victim.

A daily breakdown of the hate crime offences reported to the police showed the number of incidents doubled in the days after the referendum.

Hate crime offences recorded by the police rose by a record 29% to 80,393 incidents in the 12 months to March 2017, according to Home Office figures published on Tuesday.

Hate crime offences recorded by the police rose by 17% to 94,098 in the 12 months to March, figures for England and Wales show.

Image caption Hate crime offences spiked after the EU referendum and Westminster Bridge attack.