Sequel to Hain case

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34128, 14 April 1976, Page 21

Sequel to Hain case

(K.Z. Press Assn —Copyright; ■ LONDON. April 13. The British Home Secretary (Mr Roy Jenkins) will be asked by the leader of the Young Liberals and anti-apart-|heid activist. Mr Peter [Hain, to take immediate [action in the cases of six [men he alleges are the victims of mistaken [identity.

The list is headed by a mini cab - driver, George* Davis, who was imprisoned; for digging up the pitch and' causing the third cricket test; between Australia and England at Headingley, Leeds, last August to be abandoned: and George Ince, who was acquitted of a murder charge, but was later impris-1 oned for a bullion-robbery; offence. The list was drawn up by • J.A.I.L. (Justice Against; Identification Laws), a movement begun after Mr Hain’s arrest on the bank robbery

charge of which he was acquitted last Friday. A member of the committee of the organisation, Mr Hain said yesterday: “These cases are, unfortunately, just the tip of the ice-' berg. More and more people are contacting us with similar accounts of miserable experiences. The Young Liberals’ conference being held over Easter will debate the mistaken identity issue." In the aftermath of the widespread publicity given to the Hain case result, the chairma n of the Home

Offices advisory- committee on police dogs. Mr Stanley -Peck, said in London yesterday trials were being cone [with dogs trained to sniff out suspects at identification (parades. [ "After sniffing a suitable I clue linked with a crime, the trained dog would be walked along a line of people ini eluding the suspect,” Mr Peck said "Such dog- as Alsatians and Labradors have la sense of smell many times istronger than humans, and [can readily identify the last person who touched an object."