Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BLACKLEY, England, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A Manchester, England, mother accuses police of treating her like a "hardened criminal" for telling off a foul-mouthed schoolgirl. Joanne Wilson, 38, says she wants her name cleared. Advertisement She was arrested on suspicion of assault after the schoolgirl told police Wilson attacked her, London's Sun newspaper reports. The charges were dropped, but police will not remove Wilson's fingerprints and DNA test results, claiming it would do that only if it proves a false report was made. "I am a law-abiding taxpayer and yet I was treated like a hardened criminal," says Wilson, who has two children. "My DNA and fingerprints will be on the police database for life." Greater Manchester police defended their handling of the case. Even though they dropped the charges, "the initial statement regarding the allegation of assault was not retracted," a police spokeswoman said. "This means there are no grounds for police to substantiate an investigation into a false report being made."
