Ballistics expert Cpt Laurance Makgotloe has told the Madlanga commission that mistakes will continue to occur in forensic science laboratory reports because officers are pushing quantity over quality.
The commission is probing allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption, and Makgotloe himself is accused of intentionally tampering with a ballistics report by backdating his amendments in the murder case of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart.
It is believed he tampered with the report to conceal the fact that the firearm in Swarts murder involved criminal cartels and was also linked to more than 28 other cases.
