Police investigate ‘hate crime’ allegations over Tyson Fury’s comments

“As with all allegations of hate crime we are taking the matter extremely seriously.”

Tue, 08 Dec, 2015 - 20:31

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s outspoken comments about homosexuality are being looked at by police following a complaint by a member of the public.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed they were investigating allegations of a hate crime having been committed following the boxer’s remarks about homosexuality.

A spokeswoman for GMP said: “At 10:30am this morning we received a report of a hate crime following comments made about homosexuality on the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

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“As with all allegations of hate crime we are taking the matter extremely seriously and will be attending the victim’s address to take a statement in due course.”

Fury, 27, has been controversially