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A British single mother-of-four has been convicted of a hate crime for sending a text message calling a man who beat her up a “faggot”, while her attacker was never prosecuted.

Elizabeth Kinney, 34, an aged care worker from Tranmere in northwest England, sent a heated series of messages to a former friend last year describing how a mutual male acquaintance had beaten her so badly she needed hospitalisation, and included photos of her injuries.

But she was later reported to police for using the word “faggot” to describe the man, who has not been identified, and was charged with malicious communications offences, the Daily Mail reported.

Kinney pleaded guilty to “causing to be sent by public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing messages” in Sefton Magistrates Court last week where she was given a 12-month community order with 72 hours of unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation activity days.

The aspiring nurse said the messages, which were not revealed in court, were a “thoughtless rant”, but JP Robert Waugh said he “uplifted” her sentence because of the “homophobic content”.

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