It was obviously no accident that special branch destroyed vital DNA exhibits when this case has always been under appeal
It most certainly wasn't an accident, Jackie. The destruction was done after court orders were obtained ordering disclosure of certain items.
The destruction is also something that the Appeal Court demanded an explanation for. It cannot possibly be seen in any other light than the deliberate suppression of evidence.
To be clear EP were ordered by judicial review to disclose evidence. They partially complied and then for some reason Special Branch were called in and the remaining evidence was kept or destroyed. The fact that Special Branch were involved is unusual. The remit of SB is responsibility for "national security and intelligence gathering".
"National security" is generally a euphemism for protecting the dirty secrets of the state, so I think it can be safely assumed that Special Branch were following their remit.
There is no good reason why EP would destroy all forensic evidence, there is no good reason why Special Branch should be involved and it takes wilful blindness to pass this off as some sort of innocent mistake.
It should be obvious to anyone even half paying attention that the forensic evidence was destroyed because EP had something to hide. JB wanted full disclosure, the court ordered full disclosure but EP destroyed the evidence.
If the right person was convicted, why would EP have anything to hide?
