Police handling of DNA evidence to be scrutinised in Queensland inquiry into forensic lab

Commission will investigate concerns the state lab failed to test crucial evidence in sexual assault cases dating back to 2018

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Queensland police will come under the scrutiny of a royal commission into concerns about the state forensic lab that have led to multiple sexual assault cases being reopened.

The formal commission of inquiry will investigate concerns the lab failed to test crucial DNA evidence in cases stretching back to 2018.

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