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Calls for clarity over whether UK police can release suspects’ ethnicity and immigration status

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Calls for clarity over whether UK police can release suspects’ ethnicity and immigration status
Warwickshire police and crime commissioner’s call comes after claims of cover-up over details of men accused of child rapeYvette Cooper is facing demands for clarity over the information tha...
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Warwickshire police and crime commissioner’s call comes after claims of cover-up over details of men accused of child rape

Yvette Cooper is facing demands for clarity over the information that police forces are permitted to release to the public after claims of a “cover-up” by the authorities over the immigration status of men accused of raping a child.

The Warwickshire police and crime commissioner, Philip Seccombe, called for fresh national guidance after police were accused by Reform UK of failing to confirm that two Afghan men being prosecuted for the alleged attack on a 12-year-old girl were asylum seekers.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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