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Harry Miller, a free speech campaigner, was questioned under caution by Lincolnshire Police after welcoming the dismissal of a transgender police officer who had conducted a campaign of harassment against him.
There was no evidence that Mr Miller had committed any crime and he was subsequently released with no further action.
But more than a year later, he discovered Lincolnshire Police had formally recorded the matter as a hate crime and stalking offence, which could show up on any enhanced DBS check.
Mr Miller is now taking legal action against Lincolnshire Police to have the hate crime expunged from his record.
He has also lodged a judicial review against the Home Office to demand the entire system of recording hate crimes is changed to bring it into line with other offences.
Mr Miller, who helped found the Fair Cop campaign group to remove politics from policing, has already won a significant victory over the way police handle non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs).
But he decided to turn his attention to actual hate crime offences after discovering one had been recorded against him, despite there being no evidence to support the allegation.
Source: Gender-critical former police officer takes Mahmood to court