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I don't really think offences have to be quite as heinous as that in order to be recognised as hate crimes. All that has to be proven is that a crime was motivated by prejudice against someone because of their membership of a social group. Your two (highly extreme) examples fit this definition, but so does the crime in question, if the attacker committed the crime because Mr Tingling was black. I guess that's what the courts must decide.
So, on the flip side, if the attacker were just a common mugger and killed her father inadvertently while taking his money, she would understand and feel better and be more accepting of losing her father because the crime was "just business", right?