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Good point Simon G.

I suspect there are lots of minorities that are not protected by hate crime legislation. The recent case of a young woman killed because she was a Goth is a case in point here. I do not think any hate contingent was added to sentence and yet she was killed for the way she chose to dress in essence.

I think assaults etc caused in football situations may already be covered by laws that take in the aggravated part of the assault. I am not sure.

mp