why hanging and any other death sentence should never return to the UK.

Dave, yorkshire,

i have the upmost sympapthy for mr colin stagg, you can never understand the horror of what he has been through until you go through it yourself, and apparently there are still idiots out there who give the man grief in the streets. I have no confidence in the police at all, they're a disgrace!

simon lomax, warrington, uk

I would like to see the main street newspaoers and TV reporters make a public apology for their attacks on a innocent man....

Win, Ashford, UK

A thorough review of the case and the approach taken by the investigating officer should identify any procedural mistakes or human short comings of the investigation team. The errors will lead to a positive outcome to ensure such errors are not repeated. Stick to the facts is the lesson here.

Jim Wills, Brisbane, Australia

Please let's not miss the story about this man. Aspergers and paranoid schizophrenia. Previous criminality like having firearms - for what?. Family disowned him. Sounds like he stood out a mile for years as a dangerous ill and abnormal person. I want an Inquiry. The public come first. Always.

Marie, Manchester,

People out there who 'still' want to hanging to be brought back? Just imagine another 'wrongly' convicted person, who would have not been around to prove his innocence!!

Arvin, Lon, GB

RIP Samantha and Jazmine Bisset.

Napper's forgotten victims,

James, Edinburgh, Scotland

How right it is to treat people as innocent until proven guilty. And how wrong to blame the police for the victims of Napper, including Stagg.

Gilbert, London, UK

"... the Met... They're human - they make errors."

Except I seem to remember that after the re-trial the Met declared to the media they weren't looking for anyone else. Certain newspapers made the most of that...and Mr Stagg's life hell.

Barrie Redfern, Zdole, Slovenia

Well said Stuart (London) and K Philips. Lord Hailsham and Justice Ognall are right. This is shambolic amateurism at its best - the entrapment tactics make me shiver to the core - with huge implications. People like Stagg and Barry George were just easy targets. No doubt, there'll be another soon.

Colin Davies, Derby, England

Just another stark example of police incompetence.

Paul, Milton Keynes, UK

Colin Stagg was targetted by the police because of a profile dreamed up by a psychologist and. there have been far too many cases where that is the ONLY evidence. Psychology is based on hypotheses, tested by experiment and developed. Law is based on guilty or not. The law wants simple answers

Tim Richards,LLB, Caerffili,

hmmm police shamed into apology,, I wonder how many newspapers will do the same thing to Colin Stagg. I seem to remember him being hung out to dry even afeter being aquitted..mud sticks and all that!

samuel, London,

Spare a thought for Colin Stagg. His life has been ruined.

Adrian, London,

My sympathies go to all of Napper's victims, and I include Colin Stagg in that grouping.

Joseph , Maastricht, the Netherlands

Sally Marshall! DNA evidence cannot be used on its own to secure conviction other evidence is required. Only finger print and handwriting analysis can be used without supporting evidence. For me this case highlights how useful a DNA database could be in solving/preventing future serious crimes!

Stuart, London,

How on earth did he manage to fool everyone for so long with 2 such serious severe mental illness, very strange, it would seem he was a very clever man, who would fit the profile more of a cold -blooded serial psychopath killer. The mind boggles 16 years of pain for poor Rachell Nickels family!

Mary , Cheshire, United Kingdom

"British justice isn't interested in getting at the truth, only in obtaining a conviction." Those were the words of the late Lord Hailsham .. and they tell you everything you need to know about this case.

K Philips, London, UK

And we're dropping the dna of people not found guilty? Whose brainless idea is that?

Charles, London,

I think the Met do a very tough job in unenviable conditions. They're human - they make errors. But overall I think they do a wonderful job, with very little pay or praise for rank and file officers.

Joanne, Dubai, UAE

"further tests which established the profile was a 1 in 1.4 million match with Napper's DNA"

Which by simple arithmetic implies that there are another 50 people in the UK whose DNA could be a match.

Sally Marshall, Bristol,

once again the met is in the spotlight for their incompetence.They won't change anything either.This case has the same stench as Barry George but unless officers start getting sacked then this will happen again.

Kevin, London, England