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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 647-2023
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 7th July 2023 as follows:
Please could you tell me:
Q1. The number of homicides recorded by the force between the 1st of April 2012 and the 31st March 2022 which were flagged as hate crimes.
Q2. Of the homicides flagged as hate crimes, the breakdown of these by strand of hate crime i.e.
(As necessary, please show were more than one hate crime was flagged).
For each homicide, please could you separately provide the following:
Q3. The date of the homicide.
Q4. The hate crime flag(s) attached to the homicide.
Q5. Whether the homicide was charged as murder or a manslaughter.
Q6. Whether the victim was known to the suspect and relationship type i.e., neighbour, friend, acquaintance, stranger etc.
Q7. The victim and suspects characteristics:
Where there was more than one suspect, please provide:
Q8a. The total number of suspects for each case.
Q8b. A return for item 7 for each suspect.
Q9. Charging decision (yes/no).
Q10. Criminal justice outcome (convicted/ acquitted).
Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in providing the response to your request and for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Please note that, due to system changes, information is not available prior to 6th October 2017. Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response: Searches were carried out for all offences under the Home Office classification ‘Homicide’, recorded by Warwickshire Police between 6th October 2017 and 31st March 2022. The results were then individually reviewed to determine whether any were flagged as hate crimes or had a ‘Hate Crime’ keyword added. This provided a nil result, and therefore the answer to this question is ‘no information held’.
Q2 to Q10 responses: Not applicable.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB