Police in North keep DNA records of innocent children

DNA RECORDS on thousands of innocent children are being held by police in Northern Ireland, it was revealed yesterday.

The North’s Children’s Commissioner has written to the Police Service chief constable Sir Hugh Orde expressing his concern and urging him to reconsider the policy of retaining DNA records on children and young people who have committed no offence.

He said he believed the PSNI was breaching United Nations conventions.