This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Treat abuse of agricultural and rural businesses as a hate crime.
Hate crime is “ a crime motivated by prejudice and typically involves violence or the threat of it”. This typifies the abuse received by many farms and businesses in the countryside. Too often it’s ignored but this needs to be addressed as seriously as any other form of hate crime.
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The Crown Prosecution Service defines hate crime as criminal activity where the perpetrator is motivated by hostility or demonstrates hostility towards the victim's disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity. These categories are set out in law:
https://www.cps.gov.uk/hate-crime
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