The Western Cape South African Police Services’ (SAPS) Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has shown a reduction in the DNA backlog with over 10 000 backlogs down, making steady progress.
Back in August of this year
the backlog stood at 25 290 however after the 23rd of November it has been
reduced to 15 259. According the Minister Reagen Allen the results showed that
FSL worked hard at their job. Last year in October the backlog stood at 89 158,
meaning that the FSL has worked through 73 899 samples.
“As much as the progress is
promising, the continued backlog remains deeply concerning. The FSL should have
all the required resources, equipment and relevant material so that this
backlog can be eradicated by the end of this year”, said Allen.
The reports comes not long
after the Watching Briefs reported that 208 cases were struck off the court
roll for the period 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2022 due to investigations
being incomplete and various other reasons. Of these, 64 (30%) were
gender-based violence (GBV) matters.
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