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British Man Held For Months After "Avoidable" DNA Mix Up

Britain leads the way in collecting DNA, and mismanaging it

Reason Staff | 10.1.2012 12:20 PM


Forensic procedures carried out by a private firm which wrongly linked the DNA of a man to a rape were "not adequate", a report says.

Adam Scott, from Devon, was held for a couple of months after being accused of raping a woman in Manchester.

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