Appeal by case stated against conviction for racially aggravated publishing of threatening abusive or insulting materials. The defendant had put up posters at various places with pictures of people convicted of murder and announcing ‘Illegal Immigrant Murder Scum.’
Held: The appeal failed. The poster appeared to be motivated by hostility to people according to their race and colour.
Richards LJ, Keith J
[2008] EWHC 1848 (Admin)
Bailii
Public Order Act 1986 5, Crime and Disorder Act 1988
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Norwood v Director of Public Prosecutions Admn 3-Jul-2003
The appellant a BNP member had displayed a large poster in his bedroom window saying ‘Islam out of Britain’. He was convicted of an aggravated attempt to cause alarm or distress. The offence was established on proof of several matters, unless the . .
Cited – Attorney General’s Reference (No 4 of 2004) CACD 22-Apr-2005
The defendant was accused of having racially abused the complainant by referring to him as an ‘immigrant doctor’ before the assault. The trial judge had held that the word ‘immigrant’ was so wide in its possible application as not to be capable of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 23 September 2021; Ref: scu.272295