Teen sexter wins right to appeal against his police record

A TEENAGER has won the right to try to force police to delete details about him sexting a schoolgirl two years ago.

His family fear sending an intimate photo via picture-messaging app Snapchat could affect his future prospects even though he was not prosecuted.

Greater Manchester Police said it had a duty to record information that could be relevant in any future criminal inquiry or records check.

But his mother said an entire generation of teenagers would therefore face being haunted by similar indiscretions.

The saga began in 2015 when the boy, then 14, was ridiculed and reprimanded after sending a naked selfie. The girl he sent it to shared the image with his peers who told his teachers. A school-based police officer then logged the information on an intelligence database.

But at the High Court in Manchester, where the boy was identified only as C1, a legal team argued his human rights had been breached.

They said it may affect his education and employment prospects if he has to disclose a police record.

Mr Justice Kerr agreed that the boy’s case was ‘arguable’ and granted him and his family permission for a judicial review. A date for the full hearing is yet to be set.

If the High Court rules against police it could lead to thousands of similar intelligence records being deleted.

‘Breach of human rights’