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Queensland DNA lab clears backlog of 600 outstanding rape kits
Key takeaways
- Forensic Science Queensland has been the subject of two commissions of inquiry and two reports which found a litany of issues with the lab's testing of DNA evidence.
- A backlog of more than 600 sexual assault kits has been processed at an overseas lab, following investigations into testing failures at Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ).
- FSQ director Mick Fuller says the Brisbane-based lab could resume testing rape kits in July.
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Forensic Science Queensland has been the subject of two commissions of inquiry and two reports which found a litany of issues with the lab's testing of DNA evidence. (ABC News: Stephen Cavenagh)
A backlog of more than 600 sexual assault kits has been processed at an overseas lab, following investigations into testing failures at Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ).
FSQ director Mick Fuller says the Brisbane-based lab could resume testing rape kits in July.
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