Under hate crime legislation the courts must pass increased sentences where prosecutors evidence that offences have been motivated by hostility towards a person’s race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexual orientation. Despite the number of cases concluding in the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts being lower than usual due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have still seen a number of successful outcomes in hate crime prosecutions locally. Below are examples of hate crime cases prosecuted by CPS Yorkshire and Humberside between April and June 2020 which resulted in a conviction and an uplifted sentence.

Welcome to the first CPS Yorkshire and Humberside community engagement newsletter.

Under hate crime legislation the courts must pass increased sentences where prosecutors show evidence that offences have been motivated by hostility towards a person’s race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexual orientation. Below are examples of hate crime cases prosecuted by CPS Yorkshire and Humberside between January and March 2020 which resulted in a conviction and an uplifted sentence.

Under hate crime legislation the courts must pass increased sentences where prosecutors evidence that offences have been motivated by hostility towards a person’s race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexuality. Below are examples of hate crime cases prosecuted by Yorkshire and Humberside CPS between October 2019 and December 2019 which resulted in a conviction and an uplifted sentence.

Under hate crime legislation the courts must pass increased sentences where prosecutors evidence that offences have been motivated by hostility towards a person’s race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexuality. Below are examples of hate crime cases prosecuted by CPS Yorkshire and Humberside between April 2019 and June 2019 which resulted in a conviction and an uplifted sentence.

Under hate crime legislation, the courts must pass increased sentences where prosecutors evidence that offences have been motivated by hostility towards a person’s race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexuality.

Here is a selection of hate crime cases from July to September 2018 in which a sentence uplift was applied.

The CPS has 14 operating Areas across England and Wales. CPS Yorkshire and Humberside is one of the largest CPS Areas outside London, serving a population of over five million. The Area covers West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, the Humber, and North East Lincolnshire.