Non-paywalled:
https://archive.is/FbHHC

"Hate crime inquiry over note attacking ‘hideous’ Birmingham accent"

"A hate crime against a family from the Midlands is being investigated
by a Welsh police force after a poison pen letter attacking their
“hideous, vomit-inducing” Brummie accents was left outside their home."

Seriously? I am speechless.

I mean: of all the possible crimes, the Welsh police choose specifically
"hate crime"?

https://hatecrime.campaign.gov.uk/

"A hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim,
or anybody else, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards
someone’s:

race
religion
sexual orientation
transgender identity
disability

These aspects are known as ‘protected characteristics’."

Is being a Brummie a ‘protected characteristic’?




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Ottavio Caruso

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