http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6381969.stm
that article may be innaccurate...this is what the report found..
31 January 2008
Issue: 7306 / Categories: News , Procedure & practice , Profession , Public
Low copy number DNA evidence will continue to be admissible in court, after a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) review found nothing to suggest its use should be discontinued.
Last December, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) recommended a suspension of low copy number DNA analysis in criminal cases after a judge in the trial of the alleged Omagh bomber expressed concern at the scientific validity and possibility of cross-contamination of the technique.
The CPS reviewed current cases involving the use of evidence gathered from very small samples of DNA and has recommended that low copy DNA analysis provided by the Forensic Science Service should “remain available as potentially admissible evidence”.
https://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/content/low-copy-dna-evidence-admissible-court