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UK: DNA of Suspects' Families to be Held on Police Files

Marie Woolf and Sophie Goodchild write on The Independent.co.uk:

Relatives of suspects in criminal investigations are to face having DNA tests and their confidential medical records released to the authorities if they refuse to co-operate with the police.

Internal government guidelines on the use of the DNA database seen by The Independent on Sunday instruct the police to ask for medical files belonging to the relatives of criminals so their blood and tissue samples can be tested for DNA.

The secret document, prepared for police forces by the Home Office, reveal that families of suspects, and those with similar genes, are being targeted by investigators.

posted by Fergie @ 11/26/2006 09:49:00 AM