In May 2024, the CPS West Midlands Magistrates’ Court unit successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases. Below are some of the cases.

A Bury man has been sentenced at Manchester Magistrates’ Court following a string of hate crime offences across Greater Manchester

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A lifelong Manchester United fan has been given a three-year football banning order after admitting using a homophobic chant at a regulated football match.

A man has been sentenced today after admitting harassing a man by posting numerous anti-Chinese messages on social media. He also accepted posting an offensive anti-Muslim message.

A Nottingham Forest fan has been fined banned from attending football matches for racially abusing opposition fans and a player at a game at the City Ground in December 2023.

A fan who racially abused Kasey Palmer during a Championship match has received a five-year football ban.

Under the hate crime legislation, courts must treat offences more seriously where there is evidence that the offender demonstrated hostility on the basis of the victim’s actual or presumed race, religion, disability, transgender identity or sexual orientation, or the offence was motivated on the basis of hostility towards one of these characteristics.