1 October 2012 Last updated at 12:38 ET <\/p>\n
Forensic procedures carried out by a private firm which wrongly linked the DNA of a man to a rape were \"not adequate\", a report says. <\/p>\n
Adam Scott, from Devon, was held for a couple of months after being accused of raping a woman in Manchester. <\/p>\n
The charges were dropped when it emerged a DNA sample had been contaminated at LGC Forensics. <\/p>\n
Forensic Science Regulator Andrew Rennison said Mr Scott was an \"innocent victim of avoidable contamination\". <\/p>\n
LGC Forensics said that it \"deeply regrets the incident of contamination\". <\/p>\n
Mr Scott was charged in 23 October 2011 after a plastic tray containing a sample of his DNA was re-used in the analysis of a swab from a rape victim in Plant Hill Park, Blackley. The result of that test linked him to the crime. <\/p>\n
The report said police investigating the rape allegations raised concerns seven weeks later because phone records suggested Mr Scott had been in Plymouth a few hours after the alleged attack. <\/p>\n
In March this year, the government wound up the Forensic Science Service, leaving private companies and police laboratories to take on its work. <\/p>\n
That month, news emerged of the DNA mix-up involving Adam Scott at the Teddington lab of the biggest private provider, LGC. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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