Would you send this woman a link to the article about her new boyfriend?

Not someone who you have not bothered with for 20 years though.

OP just wants to virtue signal.

https://clares-law.com/can-i-find-out-if-my-partner-boyfriend-husband-has-a-criminal-record/

No, it wouldn't need to be the person in a relationship with that person. From the link above:

Clare’s Law gives you the right to ask about your husband, boyfriend or partner’s backgroundWhether you’re in a heterosexual or same-sex relationship, if you’re worried that your current or former partner has a history of violence, Clare’s Law gives you the right to find out.

You can make an application to the police on your own behalf, or on the behalf of someone else like a friend, relative or neighbour that you think is at risk. Anyone can apply regardless of race, gender identity, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, religion or any other characteristic.

Why does nobody on bloody Mumsnet understand what Clare's Law is for?

The people who can request information about a person's partner under Clare's Law are:

• That person
• That's person's family, close friends or neighbours

'Close friends' does not include random people on Facebook you haven't spoken to for 20 years.

The conviction that the OP is aware of wouldn't come under Clare's Law anyway. It's not domestic violence, coercive control or VAW.

This. Living for the drama not from genuine care. It's all gone a bit baby reindeer on this thread.

YABU, you have not given her a second thought for 20 years, and now want to be a black belt level virtue signaller about her new bloke.

She most likely knows already. And like a PP said, ex-prisoners are allowed to go on and try to have a life, including relationships.

'Man who once went to prison has relationship' is not something that the police can deal with, because a man who once went to prison is perfectly entitled to have whatever relationships he wants.

His conviction is a matter of public record and he has served his sentence (for a crime which was not related to violence against women or domestic abuse) and his relationships are now none of the police's business. There is nothing here for them to 'deal with'.

Having a conviction for a violent offence against another man would not be considered to mean he was a risk to his partner, or to women in general. Plenty of men with a string of criminal convictions for violence against other men would never even dream of laying a finger on a woman, and certainly not their partners.

OP, the fact that, for no reason, you Googled the partner of a woman you haven't seen for 20 years to find out all about him suggests that your interest here is more about nosiness and gossip than anything else.

Not without a clares law request they can't. And it would need to be the person in a relationship with that person.
They can't just turn up and tell someone another person's criminal record on the say so of a phone call to 111.

Agree. It’s best to tell her. It might make it easier as you’ve not involved directly in her friend group

I would, yes

She might be love-blind but I'd make her aware

Apologies I meant to say do a Claires law

I always debate this about warning new girlfriends of my abusive ex (verbally and emotionally) who has had a slurry of short term girlfriends pop up in his facebook before several months on all photos are deleted as he is presumably dumped or dumping them... I decide against other than the one that directly followed as I had known her a bit during our time as a couple - she did listen

Of course they can.

No they can't.

They can look at the Police records and give advice to the OPs friend as appropriate.

What are the police going to do?
Hes been through the court system.

I would ring 111, give them the information and let them deal with it. Then you’re not putting your old friend in danger or yourself.

I just found the artical. I would tell her anon if possible. Advice to do a claims law as well . Even if she ignores you or gets pissed of at least you have tried

I would. Because if it was me in this situation and I didnt know but someone else did (whoever they were, regardless of whether I knew them or not) I would want them to tell me.

MN can be very odd sometimes. On another thread posters are expressing amazement that the OP looked someone up on LinkedIn out of curiosity. On this thread most posters are confident that a woman in a new relationship has googled the man. Not everybody does this.

I'm with the people saying get a throwaway email address and send her a brief email with the bare facts and a link to a newspaper report so she can see from the link that it's not phishing. It's not just your schoolfriend who might be at risk here from a violent man - has she got children?

I'm sure she has access to google. If you found this information in 2 minutes and he has spent 6 years in jail then he is probably not hiding it from her?

Will you send it frm yr iPhoen? 🤣

Yeah this is the best solution.

She probably knows though, surely everyone does their online due diligence stalk when they meet someone new.

Is her mum on fb? Could you send the article to her?