| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2007] All ER (D) 359 (Feb) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2007] UKHL 8 |
| Court: | House of Lords |
| Judge: | Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Mance |
| Representation | Alastair Malcolm QC and Mark Florida-James (instructed by Churchers) for the defendant. |
| David Perry QC and Louis Mably (instructed by Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 28 February 2007 |
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Criminal law - Racially aggravated offence - Racial group - Definition - Whether 'foreigner' constituting racial group - , s 28(4).
The Case
'Foreigners' could constitute a racial group within the terms of s28(4). Whether the evidence in any particular case, taken as a whole, proved that the offender's conduct demonstrated hostility to such a group, or was motivated by such hostility, was a question of fact for the decision-makers in the case.
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