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INNOCENTS TO REMAIN ON DNA DATABASE FOR SIX YEARS

November 17, 2009 12:07 PM

Andrew StunellCommenting on the Government's decision to retain profiles of innocent people on the DNA Database for six years, rather than the twelve years announced previously, Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell said:

"This is yet another disgraceful decision from a Government keen to set up Big Brother Britain.

"Their new plans are little better than the last, hoarding innocent people's DNA in defiance of the courts.

"One of my constituents came to me to ask for help to remove his profile from the database, after he had been falsely accused of assault by a couple of louts. It is neither fair nor sensible that he and the other 125,000 innocent people on the database from the North West should have their privacy compromised.

"If they want the whole country to have fingerprints and DNA on record they should have the guts to say so. If not, they need to learn the difference between innocence and guilt, and learn it quickly."

ENDS

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