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Council spies stalked family for three weeks to check they lived in school's catchment area Luke Salkeld / UK Daily Mail | April 11, 2008 A family were spied on for three weeks by a council to check whether they lived in the catchment area of their child's school. An undercover official made a detailed log of the family's daily activities without their knowledge, tailing the morning and afternoon school runs and returning in the evening to watch their £350,000 house. He made notes including one that reads: "Female and three children enter target vehicle and drive off." Another states: "Curtains open and all lights on in premises." (Article continues below)
Yesterday the family at the centre of the investigation into their private lives said they were furious their local authority had "stalked" them. Poole Borough Council in Dorset acted under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) which was introduced by Labour in 2000, partly on the grounds of improving national security. Any evidence obtained under the Act may be used in a criminal prosecution. The mother who was watched with her partner and three children aged three, six and ten, said: "I can't bear to think about those people watching my family, it sends a chill down my spine. "I'm incensed that legislation to combat terrorism can be turned on a three-year-old." The 39-year-old businesswoman, who asked not to be named, said the discovery her family had been spied on had left her feeling on edge. She continued: "My partner is often away on business and when someone parks outside we wonder who they are.
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