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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Queensland premier ‘shocked’ by review into state’s DNA lab as police retest thousands of samples

Queensland police’s Mark Wheeler says thousands of DNA samples are in line for possible review.
Queensland police’s acting deputy commissioner Mark Wheeler says thousands of DNA samples are in line for possible review. Photograph: Albert Perez/AAP

Police in Queensland are preparing to review thousands of DNA samples as the state’s premier says she’s “incredibly concerned” by the findings of an interim report into testing failures at the state’s forensic crime lab.

The damning findings, handed to cabinet on Tuesday by commissioner Walter Sofronoff, revealed that Queensland’s DNA laboratory had issued statements of “no DNA detected” and “insufficient DNA for further processing” when samples could have been tested.

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