The National Candle of Hope and Remembrance for those affected by hate crime has been lit on behalf of Cheryl Lewis and Tam Preboye (two Disability Hate Crime Advocates) in memory of 18 victims of Disability Hate Crime listed in the 2008 Getting Away with Murder report - Albert Adams, Raymond Atherton, Kevin Davies, Christopher Foulkes, Steven Gale, Colin Greenwood, Frankie Hardwick, Shaowei He, Barrie-John Horrell, Steven Hoskin, Rikki Judkins, Christine Lakinski, Brent Martin, Sean Miles, Laura Milne, Keith Philpott, Fiona Pilkington and William Ripsher.
The candle will remain lit in St Paul's Cathedral for the duration of National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
More information available on the NationalHCAW website www.nationalhcaw.uk