The Tory chief goes on to quote the Bichard report into the Soham murders, which recommended information sharing, but has still to receive full implementation.

The government formed this part of the legislation in a response to the Soham murders.

July 5: Police reveal they have also been in touch with the parents affected by the 2002 Soham murders, where two 10-year-old girls were seized and killed by a school caretaker.

The Bichard Inquiry into events preceding the Soham murders formally opens.

In 2004, he was suspended from July until September as a result of the Bichard inquiry into the Soham murders.

In contrast the media coverage of the two girls who were victims in the Soham murders generated 898 articles in under two weeks.

Huntley was "innocent", remember the outcry that followed investigations such as the Soham murders and the Yorkshire Ripper murders.

A controversy arose in August 2002, shortly after the Soham murders, when Warwick reportedly offered to implant a tracking device into an 11-year-old girl as an anti-abduction measure.

He serves as one of the county councillors for Soham and was prominent as a spokesman for the local community following the Soham murders of 2003.

North East Lincolnshire council was also the council subject to the Kelly report for Ian Huntley involvement and the Soham murders.