Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing hears police demanded retesting, resulting in profile found to match offender
Inspector David Neville leaves the Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing in Queensland in Brisbane, Wednesday, 28 September, 2022.Inspector David Neville leaves the Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing in Queensland in Brisbane, Wednesday, 28 September, 2022.
Neville said in his evidence that investigators collected nine separate semen samples from the victim, the suspect and the scene of the attack, but the forensic laboratory failed to identify any DNA profile from any of the samples. “Failure to take timely action could place people in the community at risk by allowing a perpetrator to go unidentified,” Neville said in emails detailed to the commission.