Scandal revealed in annual report by Britain's biometrics watchdog One burglary suspect's samples deleted despite 13 years' jail elsewhere It is thanks to European judges who ruled keeping details were unlawful
By Ian Drury, Home Affairs Correspondent for the Daily Mail
Published: 18:31 EST, 16 December 2014 | Updated: 18:37 EST, 16 December 2014
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DNA samples from thousands of foreign criminals have been deleted from British databases due to a legal loophole.
Police are not allowed to store swabs or fingerprints from offenders who were convicted abroad, it emerged yesterday.
The scandal was revealed in the annual report from Britains independent biometrics watchdog. In one case, police had to delete samples from a burglary suspect after he was arrested in the UK, even though he had served 13 years for similar offences elsewhere in Europe.
Scandal: DNA samples from thousands of foreign criminals have been deleted in Britain (file photo)
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