Claim: A decision of the European Court of Human Rights means that the police have to warn criminals about serious threats to their life.
Fact-check: Human rights law means police warnings for people at risk of being killed - Full Fact
Verdict: 'threat to life warnings' are a police response to the human rights court's requirement that the state sometimes has to be proactive in protecting people from threats. that decision dates from 1998, and wasn't about criminals in particular.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2016-10-07T00:00:00