In this blog post from 2017, Jerry Hayes, barrister and former Conservative MP raises serious questions about the conduct of a forensic laboratory that had confirmed a DNA link between a defendant and a firearm, in a case where he was instructed as prosecuting counsel. They later confirmed that they had not compared mixed profiles against the defendant and ‘refused to elaborate’. See here for full post.
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