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| Bogus forensic expert convicted | Bogus forensic expert convicted |
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| A man who worked fraudulently as a forensic psychologist for almost 30 years has been convicted of deception. | A man who worked fraudulently as a forensic psychologist for almost 30 years has been convicted of deception. |
| Gene Morrison, 48, left school with no qualifications but gave evidence as an "expert" in hundreds of court cases, many of which must now be re-assessed. | Gene Morrison, 48, left school with no qualifications but gave evidence as an "expert" in hundreds of court cases, many of which must now be re-assessed. |
| He was convicted at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court of 20 charges of deception. | |
| Morrison, of Hyde, who was described as a charlatan, had denied conning judges, solicitors and police over decades. | Morrison, of Hyde, who was described as a charlatan, had denied conning judges, solicitors and police over decades. |
| Internet reports | Internet reports |
| The court heard he had duped them into believing he was qualified and was paid at least £250,000 in taxpayers' money. | The court heard he had duped them into believing he was qualified and was paid at least £250,000 in taxpayers' money. |
| Morrison's firm, Criminal and Forensic Investigations Bureau (CFIB), was hired by legal firms, insurance companies and private businesses to give evidence in court. | |
| He also gave evidence from the witness box and wrote reports, many of which he had copied from the internet. | |
| About 700 cases in which he gave evidence are now being re-assessed to look for possible miscarriages of justice. | About 700 cases in which he gave evidence are now being re-assessed to look for possible miscarriages of justice. |
| Morrison was found guilty of 18 offences including obtaining a money transfer by deception, obtaining property by deception, perverting the course of justice and perjury. He admitted a further two charges. | |
| Deliberations continue | |
| He was cleared of one count of obtaining a money transfer by deception after the four-week trial. | |
| The jury is continuing to deliberate on a single count of intending to pervert the course of justice and another of attempting to obtain property by deception. | The jury is continuing to deliberate on a single count of intending to pervert the course of justice and another of attempting to obtain property by deception. |
| The guilty verdicts followed two days of deliberation by the jury. | |
| Judge Jeffrey Lewis remanded Morrison in custody while the jury continued deliberating on the outstanding counts. |