Forensic science cuts pose risk to justice, regulator warns
The government will damage British justice if it inflicts further cuts on forensic science, the official regulator has said.
Dr Gillian Tully warned in her annual report that financial pressures were compromising quality, including potentially in serious criminal cases involving murder and sexual assault.
Techniques such as DNA analysis and hi-tech examination of samples underpin the criminal justice system and are vital to proving guilt and innocence in the courts.
The government abolished the Forensic Science Service in 2012, which was the main provider to the police, and the system has been beset by problems.
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