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40,000 Kids Put On DNA Cimes List Nick Owens The police are adding record numbers of children and teenagers to the National DNA Database - as youth crime soars. In the last six months alone details of nearly 38,000 young people have been put into the computer, including nearly 4,000 under-16s. The most samples were taken in London, where the DNA of 4,625 under 18s have been added to the database since October 2007. In the West Midlands 2,507 DNA samples were recorded and in Greater Manchester 1,935.
(Article continues below) The youngsters represent nearly a quarter of all samples taken. In total, the UK now holds nearly five million profiles - the world's biggest DNA list. The new figures have outraged civil rights campaigners. Shami Chakrabarti, of human rights campaign group Liberty, said: "Too many innocent children are used as guinea pigs and scapegoats in a debate where they have no vote and no voice. "These shocking figures demonstrate just how many children are being dragged into the criminal justice system by the Government. "We are turning into a Big Brother society that is adding thousands of kids a month to a database when they are not even old enough to have a National Insurance number." Police argue the database helps solve crimes. But Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Jenny Willott said: "People who have never been charged or convicted for an offence should have their DNA removed from the database."
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