http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/de_arrested_what_about_my_dna Comments for ""De-arrested" - what about my DNA?" en http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/de_arrested_what_about_my_dna <p> From <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7165782.stm" target="_blank" title="BBC Wiltshire">BBC Wiltshire</a> (dear knows why I subscribe to a news feed predominantly about Swindon of all places!): </p> <blockquote> <p> <em>A man at the centre of a police investigation into an explosion in Swindon has been de-arrested.</em> </p> <p> <em>The 44-year-old remains in hospital with burns injuries after the roof blew off a block of flats on 23 December in the Toothill area of the town.</p> <p> Wiltshire Police said no formal interviews had taken place and because he had not visited a police station all records of his arrest would be removed. </em> </p> </p></blockquote> <p> Now I wonder if his DNA was taken and whether it will now be destroyed.  Is &quot;de-arrested&quot; a real legal concept anyway?    </p> http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/de_arrested_what_about_my_dna#comments Positive surveillance state Media Feeds Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:20:53 +0000 Jock 743 at http://www.jockcoats.org.uk