LAW & ORDER: Ministers push for misogyny to be made a 'hate crime', and two-year jail sentence for 'upskirting'
The United Kingdom (UK) Members of Parliament are set to vote for new laws banning upskirting and misogyny could be considered as a hate crime under the legislation, according to reports. The legislation's current draft has Prime Minister Theresa May's backing.
The bill, which is called the Voyeurism (Offences) Bill will reportedly allow a judge to imprison upskirting offenders to a term of up to two years, according to the Daily Mail. Latest reports state that the Labour MP Stella Creasy is attempting to add new rules associated with hatred of women to the new anti-voyeurism laws.
The MP's plan to re-write the legislation to incorporate misogyny is set to be debated and voted on in the House of Commons on Wednesday. According to Creasy's amendment, her proposal will "ensure that if the crime is motivated by misogyny, then that will be considered by a court as an aggravating factor when considering the seriousness of the crime for the purposes of sentencing."