Damian Allain

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Inside justice: How poor evidence retention practices are risking miscarriages of justice

8th July 2020

Damian Allain – Head of Casework, Inside Justice

Opinion: Damian Allain, a former senior detective and now Head of Casework at charity Inside Justice, believes a lack of knowledge and understanding around the safe retention of evidence in criminal cases is risking potential miscarriages of justice.

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Damian Allain
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Damian Allain, the Head of Casework at Inside Justice, is a former New Scotland Yard senior detective who specialised during his career in homicide investigation and serious and organised crime. He is a nationally qualified PIP3 homicide senior investigating officer, an associate assessor with the College of Policing, and has taught and lectured in policing, law and criminology in the UK and abroad. Damian has a Masters Degree (MA) in Policing & Criminal Justice, is a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and a Fellow of the RSA (FRSA) and is a visiting lecturer at Canterbury Christchurch, Portsmouth and Kingston Universities.