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Jurors have been warned to not count on NCIS or CSI-type forensic proof, because the Forensic Sciences Centre stays largely inoperable.
Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell gave the warning as she welcomed new jurors to the No. 4 Supreme Courtroom yesterday. She advised them what they noticed on tv was simply that – tv.
“Don’t count on to see any nice degree of scientific or forensic information or info on this court docket or any of the courts in Barbados. We now have restricted capabilities on this 166 sq. miles.
“So you’ll not discover gunshot residue. I’ve by no means seen it but. You would possibly get some forensic proof relying on whether or not that proof was analysed earlier than the lab stopped working,” she mentioned. (HLE)
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