Tainted evidence: Forensics science in the dock

Television teaches us forensic science is always right but increasingly courts are begging to differ, writes Stuart Washington.

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When a sledgehammer-wielding robber broke through the front doors of the Willoughby Hotel early one January morning in 2008, his balaclava-clad image was captured by a security camera.

Fewer than 30 minutes later the same robber, still bearing a sledgehammer and still wearing a balaclava, was photographed stealing just over $13,500 at the P.J. Gallagher's Irish Pub in Drummoyne.

Twenty-three months later, a Tempe man, Raymond George Morgan, was found guilty in the District Court of two counts of robbing more than $58,500 in the heists and sent to jail.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/tainted-evidence-science-in-the-dock-20111216-1oyn7.html#ixzz1gpfm5FgQ

Tainted evidence: Forensics science in the dock

Tainted evidence: Forensics science in the dock

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