Forensic science cuts pose risk to justice, regulator warns

Financial pressures could compromise quality and lead to increased risk of miscarriages of justice, says Dr Gillian Tully

The government will damage British justice if it inflicts further cuts on forensic science, the official regulator has said.

Dr Gillian Tully warned in her annual report that financial pressures were compromising quality, including potentially in serious criminal cases involving murder and sexual assault.