No, I'd put it differently. "Excuse" rather.
There were allegations IIRC (don't know if there was any actual record).
These were on an intelligence database. These allegations were not
propagated when he moved down South.
When the media found this out, the hapless Northern police force, when
challenged said something to the effect of:
"It was that Data Protection Act wot made me (not) do it, guv!"
At least that's my take from the various news reports.
Catherine Schalk wrote:
> that is unbelilevable!
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> Also, I believe he had a police record but because of a misunderstanding of
> the DP Act they were destroyed.
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> >After all, Huntley was a caretaker and not directly responsible for any
> >children.
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> It is also the case that the children he killed were not students at his
> school, but at a different one. This seems to be commonly overlooked.
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> The girls went to his house because it was where Maxine Carr lived. Her
> boyfriend could have just as easily been unemployed.
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> The only logical conclusion (to prevent a re-occurrence) is to CRB check
> everyone's partners as well.
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