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Kate Scottow, 38, was arrested in December last year, after she was found to be making hateful comments online directed towards trans campaigner Stephanie Hayden.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, Scottow was charged over ‘persistent’ messages which were intended to cause ‘annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety’ to another person over a number of months.
When Scottow was arrested in December, three officers took her from her home in Hertfordshire. She was reportedly held in a cell for seven hours before being questioned by police.
At the time, Boris Johnson criticised the arrest, calling it an ‘abuse of manpower and police facilities’ at a time when violent crime is on the rise, MailOnline reports.
However, what Johnson seemingly failed to understand is violent crimes, as well as online abuse and hate crimes towards trans people are rising too. In fact, hate crimes towards transgender people have risen by 81 percent in the last two years, so it shouldn’t really be a surprise police are having to deal with it. Yes, in an ideal world police wouldn’t have to deal with it because it shouldn’t exist, but unfortunately here we are. Read more