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Showing 1 - 10 of 10 results for crime type "Hate crime" & area "North West"

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Man who threatened to cut Jewish men’s throats in Salford admits antisemitic abuse

A man who threatened to cut Jewish men’s throats has pleaded guilty to multiple hate crime offences after prosecutors authorised charges within 24 hours.
Press Release Hate crime North West

Man sentenced after waving imitation firearm and causing fear to the Jewish community in Salford

Julius Goncarukas, 42, was sentenced, with an uplift due to the hate crime element, after invoking fear in the Jewish community in Salford.
Press Release Hate crime North West

Man who sent threatening Islamophobic messages hours after terror attack on Manchester synagogue sentenced

Alexander Taylor, 34, was sentenced to a 12-month community order after sharing Islamophobic messages hours after the attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester.
Press Release Hate crime North West

Man who posted hateful antisemitic message on social media following the terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue sentenced

A man who posted a hateful antisemitic message on social media just hours after a deadly terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue last October has been sentenced today at Manchester City Magistrates' Court.
Press Release Hate crime North West

A man who defaced and desecrated a church in Leyland has been sentenced

A man who used spray paint to deface a church in Leyland in April this year, has been sentenced.Over 20 gravestones at St James’s Church in Leyland were daubed with paint including lewd images and derogatory comments about God.A window at St Mary’s Church was also damaged and several cars in…
Press Release Hate crime North West

Former Savill’s manager guilty of posting racist comment on social media after Euro 2020 final

A former manager at Savill’s Estate Agency has pleaded guilty to posting a racist comment on social media following the Euro 2020 final.Andrew Bone, 41, posted the comment shortly after 11pm on 11 July 2021, using racist language about the players who failed to score after taking penalties in the…
Press Release Hate crime North West

Racist social media post leads to football banning order for Burnley fan

A Burnley season ticket holder was given a football banning order today at Blackburn Magistrates' Court for three years after admitting posting a racist comment on a social media post.John Southwell, 64, told officers in his police interview that he couldn’t remember if he had posted the offensive…
Press Release Hate crime North West

Man sentenced for anti-Semitic abuse in Prestwich letting agency

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

Three-year football banning order for Manchester United fan

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.
Press Release Hate crime North West

Man sentenced for racist social media messages

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.
Press Release Hate crime North West

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