POLICE take an average of 10 DNA samples a week from Gloucestershire children – some as young as 10.The figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform revealed officers took swabs from 507 boys and girls aged 17 or under during 2011.One tested was a baby although the constabulary said it had done so in that case as part of a paternity test in a sexual assault investigation.Under current rules, police can retain indefinitely the DNA of anyone they arrest for a recordable offence. A...
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