Sir Keir Starmer has called for the police to be as ‘transparent as possible’ about the ethnicity of suspected sex offenders.
The Prime Minister was forced to respond on Monday after Nigel Farage’s demanded that police disclose the backgrounds of those charged with rape and sexual assault.
It comes after the Mail on Sunday revealed that two Afghan asylum seekers have been charged in connection with the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
In a press conference on Monday, the Reform UK leader accused police of a ‘cover-up’ for failing to divulge the ethnicity or immigration status of the two men.
He warned that it was ‘reminiscent’ of speculation about the background of the Southport killer last year which triggered a wave of conspiracy theories and riots last summer.
