In The Press

Selina Nahar, a caseworker in Duncan Lewis’ Crime department, writes for Asian Voice on the topic of acid attacks and how a large number of attacks occur in gang-affected areas. It is evident that violent crime within gangs has taken a shift away from knife crime in favour of using erosive substances since they have a reduced chance of getting caught. Selina writes: ‘Acid is un-detectable, there’s no DNA left as evidence, which is arguably one of the reasons why many attackers are not caught…innocent defendants may be implicated especially when no DNA is present; it leads to an open system where anyone can be wrongly convicted.’