(Part of the biometric product marketing expert series)
Gloves can play a big part in a variety of criminal investigations…including the ones that DON’T result in live coverage and international headlines.
The phrase of the day is “chain of custody,” because DNA evidence can be incredibly accurate…until it isn’t.
H/T CSIDDS for this story.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers shared the story of a police officer sent to prison for falsifying evidence.
“A property in Cairnlea, Melbourne, was identified as a safe house for…drugs, with police finding pieces of evidence — including a pair of gloves that had a man’s DNA on them. Despite only having the one source of DNA on the gloves, (former police detective Jye) Symes falsely reported that he found a woman’s DNA on the gloves.”
For the misconduct, Symes received “a full term of 3 years imprisonment with an 18-month non-parole period.”
Don’t mess with the evidence.
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