'Insulting' words crime which made it illegal to call a police horse 'gay' is to be changed

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#1 | 'Insulting' words crime which made it illegal to call a police horse 'gay' is to be changed datum

Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:43 am

The Telegraph
by Christopher Hope
January 14, 2013

Home secretary Theresa May said the Government will accept a House of Lords amendment to remove the word 'insulting� from Section 5 of the Public Order Act.

The amendment had been promoted in the House of Lords by Lord Dear, a former HM Inspector of Constabulary.

Six years ago police tried to prosecute Oxford student Sam Brown after he said to a mounted officer: �Excuse me, do you realise your horse is gay?"

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/l...be-changed.html

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