article_snippet: If a sex offender was named and attacked by vigilantes a sex offender was named and attacked by vigilantes they may try to sue  under article 2 of the 1998 Human Rights act which protects 'any person from unlawful violence' may try to sue  under article 2 of the 1998 Human Rights act which protects 'any person from unlawful violence'.
article_snippet: The police must retain the option to name people who may represent a danger to the public.'
article_snippet: A police spokesman said routinely naming sex offenders could endanger sex offenders or lead to the identification of victims.
article_snippet: Instead sex offenders said naming sex offenders was a weapon sex offenders only liked to use as a last resort.
article_snippet: A police spokesman added: 'If individual registered sex offenders are believed to present an imminent risk, then individual registered sex offenders can be named in the media.'
article_snippet: I would be furious if I later found out the person moving in next door to me was a wanted, convicted sex offender.'