Police to be told to share ethnicity of suspects to avoid misinformation

Police will be told to share the ethnicity of suspects to avoid the spread of misinformation. New guidance recommends disclosing ethnicity and nationality when a suspect is charged in a high profile or sensitive case.

It follows accusations of a cover-up after asylum seekers were accused of committing offences in Epping last month, as well as last summer’s riots which followed disinformation about the Southport murders.