Alice Gross
12 Jul 2016 · Coroner Fiona Wilcox · London Inner (West)
This report repeats 1 earlier warning. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of mandatory foreign conviction checks on arrest
“checks for foreign convictions on arrest are not mandatory in all police forces across the UK”
2. lack of foreign conviction checks on UK nationals
“checks for foreign convictions are not undertaken on UK nationals given the current levels of international travel and the potential relevance for such convictions to the matter for which that person may have been arrested”
3. lack of updated watch list for foreign convictions
“the Home Office continues to encourage both EU and Non EU countries to update the”
4. deletion of serious convictions from databases
“the Home Office continues to encourage both EU and non EU countries not to delete serious convictions such as murder from their data bases”
5. lack of contingency plans for watch list and Operation Nexus post-Brexit
“contingency plans are considered as to how to manage the”
6. risk of losing Europol intelligence access post-Brexit
“the UK does not lose access to Europol intelligence when and if the UK leaves the EU”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Earlier report
“it seems that there are further opportunities that might be considered which would reduce the likelihood of another individual (with a murder conviction like entering the UK without conditions and without any police force being made aware of that person's existence, until arrested for different offence.”
This report
“(1) That checks for foreign convictions on arrest are not mandatory in all police forces across the UK.”