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A bogus forensic psychologist who supplied evidence in hundreds of court cases has been jailed for five years.A bogus forensic psychologist who supplied evidence in hundreds of court cases has been jailed for five years.
Gene Morrison, 48, who left school with no qualifications, was described in court as a charlatan who had tricked judges, lawyers and police. Gene Morrison, 48, of Hyde, was described in court as a charlatan who had tricked judges, lawyers and police.
About 700 cases he worked over 26 years will now have to be re-assessed, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court was told.About 700 cases he worked over 26 years will now have to be re-assessed, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court was told.
Morrison, of Martin Street, Hyde, was convicted on 20 charges. Judge Jeffrey Lewis said Morrison, who was convicted on 20 charges, was a "inveterate and compulsive liar".
They included obtaining a money transfer by deception, obtaining property by deception, perverting the course of justice and perjury. They charges included obtaining a money transfer by deception, obtaining property by deception, perverting the course of justice and perjury.
Morrison worked out of an office in Hyde He was cleared of one count of obtaining a money transfer by deception. The court heard he was paid at least £250,000 in taxpayers' money for giving apparently expert advice. Your business was built on a whole series of lies Judge Jeffrey Lewis
He was cleared of one count of obtaining a money transfer by deception.
The court heard Morrison was paid at least £250,000 in taxpayers' money for giving apparently expert advice, but had actually bought his qualifications from a sham university.
Morrison's firm, Hyde-based Criminal and Forensic Investigations Bureau (CFIB), had been hired to give evidence in court.Morrison's firm, Hyde-based Criminal and Forensic Investigations Bureau (CFIB), had been hired to give evidence in court.
His firm's website - bearing the motto Exposing unrighteousness for the sake of righteousness - claimed he had more than 20 years' experience. Judge Lewis said: "You yourself had no expertise worth speaking of. Your business was built on a whole series of lies.
Morrison worked out of an office in Hyde
"My impression of you as an inveterate and compulsive liar is borne out by the verdict of the jury.
"Your activities in various ways struck at the heart of the judicial process.
"You did not care about the truth, you were wholly dishonest, you did not care of the consequences of your actions to the administration of justice."
Morrison admitted to police he began working as a forensic investigator in 1977 after buying certificates by post for a BSc in Forensic Science, a Masters with excellence in Forensic Investigation and a Doctorate in Criminology.Morrison admitted to police he began working as a forensic investigator in 1977 after buying certificates by post for a BSc in Forensic Science, a Masters with excellence in Forensic Investigation and a Doctorate in Criminology.
Despite this, during his trial he insisted on being called Dr Morrison.