Prosecutions for hate crimes against disabled people surge by more than 40 per cent in a year The number of prosecutions for hate crimes against disabled people has surged by 41.3 per cent in the last year.
In 2015-16 ,there were 941 prosecutions for disability hate crimes, official figures show.
The rise is part of an increase in the number of all hate crimes pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which rose by 4.8 per cent.
Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, said the increases showed that hate crimes "will not be ignored". The Daily Telegraph
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