Peter Williams, who this week called time on one of the most illustrious careers in New Zealand legal history, has taken a parting shot at the creeping collusion between police and forensic scientists.
The QC bowed out on a high, getting final client Zion King off a murder charge.
He said the case highlighted how ESR scientists were becoming "too chummy" with the police officers who they were supposed to keep in check.
"In a small country like New Zealand we have a very limited number of independent experts and we rely very heavily on the ESR for evidence," he said.
"They obviously fraternise with the police on a daily basis and they are influenced by these associations."
Williams, 75, has represented drug kingpins and got Arthur Allen Thomas's murder conviction overturned.
Cops and swabbers 'too tight'
Peter Williams. Photo / Doug Sherring
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