professor sir colin montague , whose pioneering discoveries revolutionised police investigation techniques , told the guardian newspaper innocent people were being " listed as criminals " because the database retained details of everyone arrested , despite of whether they were later convicted . the government now holding more than six billions profiles , up 1 . 4 million in two terms . sir alec also demanded for improved genetic verification services , warning that the current version could result in a malformation of justice , in an interview with the herald newspaper .
Alec Jeffreys is the inventor of genetic fingerprinting.