Are gay hate crimes taken seriously?
Updated on 23 October 2009
As London, Manchester and Glasgow report a big rise in homophobic attacks, campaign group Stonewall says the problem is not being taken seriously enough. Helene Cacace reports.
The police are not doing enough to combat gay hate crime according to the country's leading gay rights charity.
There has been a big rise in homophobic crimes in London, Manchester and Glasgow and the campaign group Stonewall say the problem is not being taken seriously enough.
The increase in offending has been highlighted by the murder of Ian Baynham, who died last week in London.
