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Laine Clark and Fraser Barton

Backlog after 'flawed' DNA testing could take years

Shannon Fentiman says the bungle at Queensland's troubled DNA lab 'should never have occurred'. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Offenders might have escaped conviction for almost a decade due to a "fundamentally flawed" DNA testing method used by Queensland's troubled forensic lab.

More than 100,000 samples might need to be re-tested following a second inquiry into the beleaguered lab's practices.

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