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Christian preacher David McConnell's conviction is overturned at Leeds Magistrates' Court.

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On Thursday, Recorder Anthony Hawks, sitting alongside two other magistrates, said although they accepted Mr McConnell's words had been insulting and Ms Munir, 19, had suffered "harassment, alarm and distress", there was no evidence he had intended to do so. Mr McConnell told the court that in his view he was "not misgendering" and was "gendering correctly".

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