This case surely shows everyone the danger of extensive DNA databases and how they can and will be used in the future. Lorraine Elliott, a city lawyer, was fired from a £150,000 a year post after a routine check revealed her DNA on the national database.

She was arrested in September this year suspected of forging a signature on an application form so that she could fraudulently obtain a nursery school place. Her DNA was taken and will now appear on the database for 6 years. This means that on any police check the data will appear, despite her being innocent as she was never charged or found guilty of an offence. …read more