DNA of suspects' families to be held on police files

Shami Chakrabati, director of Liberty, said: "Sloppy legislation and even sloppier ethics are creating a DNA free-for-all from which no one's intimate details are adequately protected. This is what happens when politicians and police decide that our rights and freedoms don't matter."

The Labour MP Ian Gibson said: "This technique is not precise. It's quite possible you could have a DNA match by accident. There is no evidence that criminal behaviour runs in families."

independent