The scientist in charge of Queensland’s beleaguered state-run forensic laboratory has been sacked after a scathing inquiry into botched operations.
Former managing scientist Cathie Allen’s employment was terminated on May 24 in a formal letter sent to her legal team, a spokesman for Health Minister Shannon Fentiman confirmed.
Allen had been stood down since the scathing inquiry into the lab practices that have compromised thousands of criminal cases.
The debacle continues to plague the state’s justice system with 10,000 cases awaiting analysis in the severe backlog.
The lab has been forced to send out interstate SOS answered by the Australian Federal Police, which offered to help test bone samples….