Vic: Police ban DNA evidence

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2009
Vic: Police ban DNA evidence

Victoria's opposition says it's concerned about the fate of people facing trial whose
hearings have been put on hold .. after police ordered all DNA evidence to be banned from
court proceedings.

Opposition spokesman for police .. PETER RYAN .. has questioned how those before the
courts will be cared for now that their trials have been put on indefinite hold.

Victoria's police chief SIMON OVERLAND ordered the DNA evidence ban yesterday .. and
it's expected to last until mid January at the earliest.

Police are trying to fix an error in how DNA is interpreted in its forensic labs.

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KEYWORD: DNA (MELBOURNE)

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