The court considered criticisms of forensic evidence: ‘. . When reading Mr Bottomley’s report, and hearing his evidence in chief, we had the greatest difficulty in discerning how in fact he criticised MSA’s methodology; and in cross-examination it became clear that he did not do so. In response to Mr Shay Mr Bottomley confirmed that he had no criticism of the techniques used by MSA; no criticism of the scientific competence of MSA’s scientists; and no reason to doubt the accuracy of the readings obtained by MSA . .’
Judges:
Buxton LJ
Citations:
[2002] EWCA Crim 2835
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Benn and Benn v Regina CA 30-Jul-2004
The defendants appealed against convictions for importing drugs. The evidence was circumstantial, including evidence of contamination of paper money with cocaine. New evidnce suggested the original forensic techniques had returned many false . .
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Criminal Evidence
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.200257