A man has been landed with a police record for ‘racial hatred’ for whistling the Bob The Builder theme tune at his neighbour. Officers in Bedfordshire recorded the incident as a non-crime hate incident, which will remain on file for six years and could be disclosed to prospective employers. In Norfolk, a Portuguese national said an unknown person had deliberately left a burger bun on their driveway ‘due to their ethnicity’. Under the Hate Crime Operational Guidelines, adopted in 2014, forces are required to record any actions deemed to be motivated by an element of hate, even if there is no evidence to prove them. ‘The police have completely lost the plot,’ said Harry Miller, a former police officer from pressure group Fair Cop.

Source: Daily Mail July 17, 2021 22:30 UTC