Spent shells not enough for successful prosecution -Slowe

Spent shells recovered at a crime scene cannot be used to successfully prosecute a case and the only way certain links could be made is if the firearm from which the bullets were fired is recovered, Assistant Police Commissioner-Opera-tions Paul Slowe told members of the media yesterday.

And when the police say that spent shells from one crime scene match those of another, “all that they are saying is that a particular firearm was used at both scenes