Notable extracts
Short verbatim extracts from the video. Each quote is under 80 words and attributed to the speaker. Extracted under fair-dealing for review and news reporting (CDPA 1988 s.30).
Dr Steve Watts
The National Crime Agency panel gave advice that should have caused the investigation to pause and reconsider. That advice was simply set aside. That is a serious failure of process.
Dr Steve Watts
Once you decide who the suspect is and then go looking for the evidence, you are no longer investigating — you are building a case. That is exactly what happened here.
Dr Steve Watts
Telling the police not to engage a statistician is extraordinary. You are deliberately excluding evidence that might undermine your case. That should not happen in a democratic justice system.