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36 000 outstanding sexual offence cases in the Western Cape thanks to DNA backlog

A staggering 36 647 sexual offence cases are outstanding in the Western Cape, as a result of the DNA backlog.


The DA’s Reagen Allen and Gillion Bosman, at a digital conference on Wednesday, warned of the increasing DNA backlog relating to gender-based violence cases at police forensic labs.


Bosman, DA Western Cape spokesperson for social development, said he submitted a dossier to the president’s national council on gender-based violence.


Read more here https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/dna-backlog-the-cause-of-over-36-000-outstanding-sexual-offence-cases-in-the-western-cape-93e62fdf-1a74-45cf-bf24-0aa168a96291

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