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Arrest over Bristol Pride hate crimes
A 30-year-old man was arrested at Bristol Pride for a string of hate crimes, police said.
Joel Norfolk, of Florence Park, Redland, has been charged with ten offences including using insulting words or behaviour, criminal damage and assaulting a police officer.
Thousands marched from Queen Square to Castle Park on Saturday as part of the largest Pride event the city has ever seen.
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Norfolk has been released on bail and is due at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on July 29.
He will face three counts of using threatening/abusive/insulting words or behaviour, two counts of racially/religiously aggravated harassment, three counts of assaulting an officer and two counts of criminal damage