Less than a third of ‘innocents’ get DNA removed from UK database

Daily Telegraph – Just three in ten innocent people successfully have their DNA removed from the national database, new figures disclose.There are up to one million innocent people on the national database and the Tories have launched an online petition calling for the DNA of innocent people to be removed. The public also face a postcode lottery on having their profiles deleted with some forces refusing all requests while others grant almost every one, research by the Conservatives reveals.It shows chief constables are still rejecting the majority of demands to remove the DNA of people who have never been charged or convicted with a crime despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights last year that a blanket retention policy is unlawful. Read Article

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