Police force criticised in Soham murders fails to meet intelligence deadline

THE police force that failed to keep records on killer Ian Huntley’s murky past is behind in a British drive for better intelligence handling, it emerged last night.

Humberside Police will miss a spring deadline to introduce new guidelines to improve all forces' use and management of information on potential suspects and risk assessment.

The force said the delays were because it wanted to take "extra care" over the introduction of the National Intelligence Model (NIM) following recent criticism of its data systems.