Seven innocent people are being falsely branded offenders every day because of erroneous criminal records checks.
Over the past six years, the beleaguered Criminal Records Bureau has admitted mistakes in almost 15,000 cases where it has either got people mixed up or released incorrect information – an average of seven every day.
Victims of the scandal have been wrongly accused of being paedophiles, violent thugs, fraudsters or drug-addicted thieves. The taxpayer has had to pay almost £300,000 in compensation.
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