A 10-year-old disabled girl was one of 54 victims of hate crime against disabled people in Lincolnshire in the last three years.

Data released under the Freedom of Information Act revealed an 11-year-old disabled boy was also a victim as was a 94-year-old disabled woman.

Since the beginning of 2013, there were 54 reports of hate crime against disabled people made to Lincolnshire Police.

Reported by The Lincolnshire Echo. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.