All were supposed to remain on the database for life, allowing authorities to monitor their movements.

But following a human rights ruling, the law was changed in 2014, enabling child abusers and rapists to hide their past by having their details scrubbed.

They were not slow to use the landmark decision, with many victims left in the dark about the change.

Reported by the Belfast Telegraph. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.