Hate crime prosecutions in the UK to be fast-tracked after antisemitic attacks

BBC NewsHate crime prosecutions to be fast-tracked after antisemitic attacksThe director of public prosecutions has told prosecutors in England and Wales to bring charges more quickly.

Director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson has told prosecutors in England and Wales to bring charges more quickly, in order to clamp down on "daily incidents affecting the Jewish community, involving threats and abuse designed to cause fear and distress".

He told BBC News it "is important law enforcement steps up and recognises we are in a period of crisis for the Jewish community".

The intervention comes after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, and a number of arson incidents in areas with large Jewish communities.

Parkinson stressed the new guidance applies to all hate crimes, but that it had been necessary to announce now due to the "very significant spike" in antisemitic incidents.