CPS Yorkshire and Humberside: Hate crime sentence uplift examples - Cases finalised between April and June 2020
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.