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Police should be 'more transparent' over suspects, says home secretary
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 4 – Home Secretary Yvette Cooper urges changes to police guidance to improve transparency on suspects’ nationality and immigration status amid public pressure and ongoing legal reviews.
- A No 10 spokesman said police should be able to reveal the ethnicity of suspects, emphasizing transparency across authorities.
- The Nuneaton case has led to renewed scrutiny over police disclosure policies after two male asylum seekers were charged last month with raping a 12-year-old girl.
- Warwickshire Police confirmed that suspect Mohammad Kabir, 23, was arrested on Thursday and charged with kidnap, strangulation, and aiding rape, and he appeared at Coventry Magistrates’ Court last Monday.
- A No 10 spokesman said police should be as transparent as possible, and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called for suspects’ ethnicity to be disclosed, Sir Keir Starmer joining the pressure.
- The Home Secretary noted guidance is under review but remains an 'operational decision'; she said, `We do think the guidance needs to change and we have also already, about six months ago, we asked the Law Commission to look at this...
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