“The government last night faced fresh embarrassment over lost personal data, after admitting that a disc containing the DNA details of thousands of suspected foreign criminals was mislaid for a year.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sweeping changes in the way DNA is stored on Britain’s national database are likely to be introduced following an ethical review. The first move would prevent police from indefinitely storing DNA samples provided voluntarily by witnesses to eliminate themselves from investigations, a move that would affect thousands of people.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dozens of serious criminal cases, including prosecutions for murder, rape and terrorist offences, could be in jeopardy because of growing uncertainty over a controversial DNA technique. The Times has discovered that prosecuting authorities in different parts of Britain have adopted contradictory positions on the use of the Low Copy Number (LCN) method of DNA testing, which was heavily criticised by a judge in the Omagh bombing case last month.”
The Times, 24th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The judgment in the Omagh bombing case, R v Hoey, was handed down on the 20th December 2007.
The Judge expressed concerns about Low Copy Number (LCN) DNA analysis, conducted by the Forensic Science Service Ltd (FSS), which was adduced in evidence. In particular he expressed concerns about the extent to which the scientific validity of the technique had been demonstrated.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th January 2008
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Police forces in England and Wales are to resume using Low Copy Number (LCN) DNA testing techniques.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government has launched an inquiry into the way the national police DNA database is used to fight crime.”
BBC News, 9th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 100,000 people, including children as young as 10, will be asked to provide saliva tests and DNA samples in a new annual survey of the lives, behaviour and beliefs of people in the United Kingdom.”
The Observer, 30th December 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of people could be accused of a crime they did not commit as a result of errors in records on the national DNA database, it emerged last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Her sister punched the air in triumph and her mother could not contain her delight outside the court. After more than 32 years the criminal justice system finally got it right for Lesley Molseed.”
The Times, 13th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A comic book trader was today jailed for life with a recommendation that he serve at least 30 years after being convicted of the murder of schoolgirl Lesley Molseed more than three decades ago.”
The Guardian, 12th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Suspects accused of trivial ‘crimes’ such as picking wild flowers or defacing coins can have their DNA stored for life on a national database, police guidelines reveal.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“It is one of the most notorious cases in British legal history, the story of an apparently mild-mannered doctor who poisoned and dismembered his showgirl wife, then fled across the Atlantic with his young lover – only to be caught after a sharp-eyed captain recognised him from the newspapers.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serial sex attacker who remained free to terrorise women for four years because of a police DNA blunder was jailed for life yesterday. Mark Campbell, 38, from Chichester, West Sussex, was convicted of six attacks, including two rapes, which began in February 1998 and ended in August 2004.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two high-profile murders of young women which took place more than 30 years ago have been linked by DNA evidence. Scotland Yard are hoping that the link could lead to the solving of the murders of a Playboy bunny and a schoolgirl.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“DNA fingerprints of people who have not been convicted of a crime should be removed from the national database, Britain’s most influential ethical think-tank recommended yesterday.”
The Times, 18th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The law must be changed to stop the police keeping DNA samples from innocent people, an influential committee said today.”
The Independent, 18th September 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A new technique for testing DNA could transform civil litigation cases by supporting or refuting people’s claims that their health has been damaged by exposure to toxic chemicals.”
The Times, 17th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A ‘landmark’ measure to outlaw unfair genetic discrimination should be included in a new Equality Bill, the country’s leading human DNA watchdog will say tomorrow.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Forensic scientists are to begin reviewing around 4,000 more unsolved sex crimes, the government has said.”
BBC News, 11th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Justice Sedley’s proposal to put everyone in the UK on a DNA database would be dependent on a British man’s case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), according to a privacy law expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th September 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
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