“Nearly one in five paternity claims handled by the Child Support Agency end up showing the mother has deliberately or inadvertently misidentified the father, figures show.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A generation of young Britons is being criminalised for life by the relentless expansion of the national DNA database, ministers are warned today.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The cost of Britain’s ‘surveillance society’ measures is now running at £20 billion, a new report reveals today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown has defended the use of CCTV, ID cards and the DNA database – saying they protect civil liberties.”
BBC News, 17th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Written ministerial statement: CPS report – DNA profiles disk inquiry.”
Attorney General’s Office, 21st May 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“CPS: DNA profiles disk inquiry”
Attorney General’s Office, 21st May 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“An inquiry into how a disk containing DNA profiles of 2,159 people linked to serious crime abroad went unchecked for a year has found ‘significant shortcomings’ by the crown prosecution service.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Only one crime is solved for every 800 new profiles added to the Government’s DNA database, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Tiny samples of DNA evidence are safe to use in criminal prosecutions, in spite of recent concern from the police and the judiciary that the technique is flawed, the forensic science regulator has ruled.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A schoolboy who claims he was prosecuted in ‘ridiculous’ circumstances began a court challenge yesterday that could test police powers to hold DNA and fingerprint samples of thousands of innocent children.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One in four people being added to the DNA database is a child, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new DNA technology hailed as having the potential to solve thousands of murders, rapes and other serious crimes could lead to innocent people being convicted, one of Britain’s most respected forensic scientists has warned.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police chiefs have distanced themselves from their new spokesman on DNA matters after he said primary school children could be eligible for the DNA database.”
BBC News, 16th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nearly 1.5 million 10 to 18-year-olds will have been entered on the national DNA database by this time next year, sparking claims that Britain’s youths are being criminalised and disproportionately ‘targeted’.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A university student has been forced to give his DNA to police because he failed to buy a £2.40 rail fare.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Advances in forensic science have prompted speculation about a new trial, but it would still have to serve the interests of justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two British men are due to appear before Strasbourg’s European Court of Human Rights to try to get their DNA removed from the UK national database.”
BBC News, 27th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two of Britain’s most notorious murderers were jailed last week because their DNA samples were in the UK database. As calls were made for a mandatory register for all British citizens it sparked a fierce debate about civil liberties and security.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Steve Wright, the Suffolk Strangler, faces spending the rest of his life in prison when he is sentenced today for murdering five Ipswich prostitutes during a six-week killing spree. His conviction, on forensic evidence, last night reignited the debate on the rapid expansion of the national DNA database, which holds the profiles of at least four million people in Britain.”
The Times, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Attorney General has ordered an inquiry into a ‘catastrophic’ blunder that allowed foreign criminals to commit crimes in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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