'Release migrant status of suspects' - Farage

POLICE forces should release information including immigration status about people who are charged with crimes, Nigel Farage has suggested.

- CAITLIN DOHERTY

The Reform UK leader said he "absolutely" believes that information should be made available.

Mr Farage and the UK's youngest council leader, George Finch, have claimed there has been a "cover-up" of details about an alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

Two men who are reportedly Afghan asylum seekers have been charged in relation to the alleged incident in the Warwickshire town.

Asked at a press conference yesterday whether the police should release the names, addresses and immigration status of people charged with an offence, Mr Farage said: "What caused unrest on our streets after Southport last year was us not being told the status of the attacker.

"That led to crazy conspiracy theories spreading online."

Pushed later on whether the details should be published, Mr Farage said: "I absolutely think that they should."