Another little annelid has laid down its life in our service, and once again we fail to acknowledge its sacrifice. The story of the Australian bandit Peter Canon and the attenuated worm has been globe girdling for days now. Media reports have hailed the conscientious policing of the Tasmanian constabulary and the wonders that forensic science and DNA technology can perform. But the central character, without which there would have been no tale to tell, was only called names like “parasite” and “bloodsucker”, as if it was some sort of derivatives dealer or bonus-besotted banker
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