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Johannes – Google removed links to my name 6 months after my conviction was spent
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Frank – A conversation with Unlock helped me think differently about the way I was interacting with the police
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Charlie – being able to open a bank account helped me to feel like any other citizen
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Jaxon – I used Unlock’s list of insurance brokers to get public liability insurance
Jaxon contacted our helpline as he was finding it difficult to get public liability insurance due to his unspent conviction. Jaxon explained that he had several convictions which he’d received as a youth which had led to fines and community orders. However, his last conviction had resulted in a four-year prison sentence. Whilst in prison, […]
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Maryam – I successfully challenged the police over the disclosure of my filtered caution
Maryam contacted our helpline for information and advice after a caution which had been filtered by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was disclosed as police intelligence on her enhanced DBS certificate. She explained that in 2013 she had received a caution for ‘Falsely representing self to possess a qualification in nursing/midwifery’. The caution had […]
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Tommy – A call to the Unlock helpline led to my conviction becoming spent and a new job
Tommy contacted our helpline for information and advice after a conviction which was over 8 years old had been disclosed on his basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate. He explained that he had been convicted in early 2013 and received a £70 fine and a restraining order. From the research he had done, he […]
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Asher – Unlock helped me to get links to online information about my conviction removed
Asher contacted our helpline for advice on getting online information about his conviction removed. He explained that his conviction was almost 20 years old and was now spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. However, anybody who searched for his name online would very quickly find out about his conviction for theft which had resulted […]
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Omar – Being told that I might be placed on a DBS barred list made me relive my conviction 24 years later
Omar contacted our helpline for some information and advice following receipt of a letter from the DBS stating that they were considering adding him to the adult and/or children’s barred list. Omar explained that in the late 1990’s when he was aged 14 he had been convicted of sexual activity in a public place. He […]
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Donald – Getting support from Unlock to challenge an ineligible DBS check allowed me to keep my job with the NHS
Donald contacted our helpline looking for some information and advice relating to a risk assessment panel his employers had asked him to attend. Donald explained that he had been working in a management role for the NHS for two months. However following receipt of his enhanced DBS certificate which had disclosed his two convictions (one […]
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Grace – Having a better understanding of criminal record check eligibility gave me the confidence to challenge an ineligible check
Grace contacted our helpline seeking advice around a DBS check which, was being carried out by a potential employer. She explained that approximately 3 years ago she had received a caution for child neglect and had been placed on the children’s barred list by the DBS. She went on to say that, having been offered […]
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Noah – Getting the right information and advice from Unlock meant that I could continue on my university course
Noah contacted our helpline to find out how he could get a caution removed from his criminal record. Noah explained that he was in his second year at university studying for a degree in health and social care. He had scored highly in his first year exams and was looking forward to going into his […]
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Terry – Opening a bank account has finally made me feel ‘normal’ again
Terry contacted our helpline from prison seeking help to open a bank account prior to his release. He stated that he had initially applied to NatWest Bank for a current account approximately one year ago. NatWest had refused his application as their qualifying criteria stated that individuals needed to be within 6 months of release from […]
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Ian – Unlock provided me with information and advice and introduced me to another new business start up
Ian initially contacted our helpline for some advice in 2019 after the solicitors he had worked for, for 25 years suspended him when his conviction from 1988 came to light. In order to ensure that they were fully compliant with the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Ian’s employers decided to carry out retrospective background checks on all […]
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Zara – People with a criminal record don’t always remember the details of their conviction: self-disclosure almost cost me my job
Zara contacted our helpline seeking advice following her dismissal from work due to the non-disclosure of information on her DBS certificate. Zara explained that she’d been working at a children’s nursery and was still in her probationary period when she was dismissed. She confirmed that at every stage of the application process she had been […]
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Bernie – The help I received from Unlock enabled me to work again
Bernie contacted our helpline seeking advice around employment and insurance. He explained that in 2019 he had been convicted of assault and received a 12-month suspended sentence. He went on to say that prior to his conviction, he had been a driving instructor and, although the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) had not removed his […]
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Ulrik – Applying for a degree in medicine doesn’t mean universities are exempt from disclosure laws
Ulrik contacted our helpline for some advice following an application he’d made to study medicine at university. He explained to our helpline advisor that when he’d applied to the university he’d been asked to declare any spent or unspent cautions or convictions that would show on a criminal record check. Ulrik ticked the “Yes” box […]
