Sophie was 20 when she was murdered in 2007 by a gang of youths who attacked her and her boyfriend Robert Maltby in Stubbylee Park, Bacup
A leading charity has found hate crimes against people from alternative cultures are not reported to police more than 70% of the time.
Judge Anthony Russell QC, who presided over Sophie’s murder trial, also recognised the attack as a hate crime, “equal to all other strands of hate”.He said at the time: “I am satisfied that the only reason for this wholly unprovoked attack was that Robert Maltby and Sophie Lancaster were singled out for their appearance alone because they looked and dressed differently from you and your friends.”
Campaigners felt that the sheer volume of victims contacting them demonstrates that people from alternative subcultures were being targeted for hate crime and say their survey quantifies this for the first time. A post on the Sophie Lancaster Foundation reads: “The survey clearly reveals the levels of abuse, harassment and violence that people are subjected to because of their subcultural status.
The results also show that 87% have been threatened or harassed in person, while 56% have been physically attacked. Chair of Sophie Lancaster Foundation, Mike Ainsworth, said: “The survey for the first time shines a light on the scale and seriousness of Hate Crimes committed against members of the alternative community.
“It is unbelievable that people are still facing daily abuse, harassment and violence because they are alternative.
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