Deaf man prosecuted after he called police officer a 'pig' in sign language

Court hears the officer who arrested Linley Hassan, 25, after reports of a man 'causing difficulties' in Kendal, Cumbria, understood the insult.

A deaf man has been prosecuted after he called a police officer a "pig" in sign language. The officer who arrested Linley Hassan, 25, understood the insult, a court heard. He had been called to McDonalds in Kendal, Cumbria, after reports of a man "causing difficulties", South Cumbria Magistrates Court was told. Hassan, 25, of no fixed address, refused to leave the restaurant and became "confrontational" with the police. Peter Kelly, prosecuting, said: "He was making a sign that the officer, who understood sign language, knew to mean 'pig'." ...

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