Finders keepers - with a teenager’s DNA
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Police have found a new way to plug those gaps in the DNA database by arresting people for being honest.
Paul Leicester, a teenager from Southport who found a mobile phone and handed it in to the police, was arrested and held at the police station for four hours. He also had his fingerprints, photograph and DNA sample taken. He had been out celebrating his 18th birthday.
From the Crosby Herald :
Paul said, “It’s stupid. Being arrested isn’t a way to celebrate your 18th birthday. What are you supposed to do when you find a phone? I told the last caller I would drop it off at the police station the next day. But they arrested me for theft by finding - shocking.”
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