Bungling scientist left desperate cops waiting over two months for test results

A forensic scientist accused of jeopardising the investigation of five rape cases left Met Police officers waiting two months for updates on their cases, a court heard. Ursula Collins, 43, allegedly misled detectives by giving them inaccurate information including DNA analysis, after failing to do her job properly. She faces eight charges of misconduct by failing to compare DNA profiles with the national databases and report the results to the officer in the case, between 2009 and 2018. Following her…