Her name is Gina Martin. She was at a music festival in London when a man pushed his phone between her legs and took a photo under her skirt. She reported it to the police immediately. They told her it wasn't a criminal offence. There was nothing they could do.
She went home and decided that was unacceptable. With no legal background, no political connections and no funding she launched a campaign to make upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales. She petitioned. She lobbied MPs. She spoke publicly about what had happened to her. The government initially blocked the bill.
She kept going. The Voyeurism Act passed in January 2019. Upskirting now carries up to two years in prison. Scotland followed. Other countries are following. A woman at a festival with no lawyer, no funding and no political connections rewrote the law for an entire nation in eighteen months.
Another tragic incident where a young Sikh woman Kirandeep Kaur, has been fatally stabbed and killed in Hayes, west London.
A man in his 20’s Daniel Sean James has been arrested and charged with murder.
Investigations are ongoing to determine any racial or religious hate crime committed in this horrific attack. However, questions remain on how long will the Sikh community be ignored and neglected by government in the face of increasing attacks?
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The murder of a Sikh woman in Hayes (West London, UK) has prompted calls for investigation into a possible hate crime murder.
24-year-old Kirandeep Kaur was stabbed by 44-year-old Daniel Sean James yesterday (13th July) in a seemingly random attack, which saw the West London...