Sign up with GoogleA staggeriong 427319 police cases remain unsolved, many because work on crucial evidence like DNA, ballistics, blood tests and other forensic material linking criminals to crimes is not being done, the Sunday Times reported.
As its front page lead, it said this figure includes 183988 crimes of murder, attempted murder, rape and assault from April last year to March 2006.
The forensic work for a further 780000 cases that make it to court can take up to a year, causing these cases to be postponed, or even struck off the roll.
SA forensics drag heels as crimes unsolved October 01 06
Somebody feel like running the numbers - the above against the crime stats just released?
CSI = not
As its front page lead, it said this figure includes 183988 crimes of murder, attempted murder, rape and assault from April last year to March 2006.
The forensic work for a further 780000 cases that make it to court can take up to a year, causing these cases to be postponed, or even struck off the roll.
SA forensics drag heels as crimes unsolved October 01 06
Somebody feel like running the numbers - the above against the crime stats just released?
CSI = not