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FSS closure will be ‘disastrous’, warns justice head

30 March 2011

The closure of the Forensic Science Service will be disastrous for the Criminal Cases Review Commission, potentially leaving miscarriages of justice uncorrected, chair of the CCRC Richard Foster has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Foster warned that without the FSS public confidence in the criminal justice system will be damaged due to fragmentation of the market.