Thread: A less pleasant aspect of 'railway photography'?
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Old August 26th 11, 09:57 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default A less pleasant aspect of 'railway photography'?
In message , Arthur
Figgis wrote:
If a homosexual is mugged *because* she is homosexual, it is a hate
crime. If she is mugged because some low-life wants cash for his drug
habit, it is not a hate crime, just a crime.

What happens if she believes it was because she is homosexual, but the
mugger disagrees? What standard of proof is needed?

Since we're talking criminal law, "beyond all reasonable doubt".

IANAL, but I'm slightly uncomfortable with some classes of victims
being told their incident is "just" a crime.

I didn't mean "just" in that sense, only in the grammatical sense.

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