The Cautionary Tale Of An Expert Witness
Details emerge of the Charlatan forensic examiner who left a trail of lies and deceit stretching 30 years.
Criminal and Forensic Investigations Bureau, an impressive firm whose Website declares "Exposing unrighteousness for the sake of righteousness", headed by the equally impressive "Dr", Gene Morrison. CFIB in the form of Morrison gave evidence in around 700 court cases in a career spanning 30 years.
Morrison explained to an amazed court how he had purchased by mail order a BSc in Forensic science, a Masters in Forensic Investigation and a Doctorate in Criminology. The incredible Doctor Morrison had in fact left school with no qualifications, this being no handicap to suckering the British Criminal and Judicial system for three decades and quarter of a million pounds of tax payers’ money.
In reality how much did juries have to doubt his word, having successfully recorded two or three Open Univercity Programmes in the 1970s. At one point he may even have phoned up the OU for a brochure.
The investigating officer described Morrison as a Walter Mitty character, the depths to which he sunk were unbelievable , the presiding Judge called him an" inveterate and compulsive liar".
While agreeing with the sentiments of Judge Jeffries on this dangerous and outrageous character, we must marvel at a legal system that allowed Gene Morrison to pass himself off as an elite expert witness with less formal checking than you and I would have working voluntarily in your local primary school.
Morrison explained to an amazed court how he had purchased by mail order a BSc in Forensic science, a Masters in Forensic Investigation and a Doctorate in Criminology. The incredible Doctor Morrison had in fact left school with no qualifications, this being no handicap to suckering the British Criminal and Judicial system for three decades and quarter of a million pounds of tax payers’ money.
In reality how much did juries have to doubt his word, having successfully recorded two or three Open Univercity Programmes in the 1970s. At one point he may even have phoned up the OU for a brochure.
The investigating officer described Morrison as a Walter Mitty character, the depths to which he sunk were unbelievable , the presiding Judge called him an" inveterate and compulsive liar".
While agreeing with the sentiments of Judge Jeffries on this dangerous and outrageous character, we must marvel at a legal system that allowed Gene Morrison to pass himself off as an elite expert witness with less formal checking than you and I would have working voluntarily in your local primary school.
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