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Kevin Nunn: Judges to rule over fresh forensic tests eight years after murder conviction Kevin Nunn: Lifer loses forensic tests fight eight years after murder conviction
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A salesman serving life in prison for murdering his former girlfriend will today find out the result of his Supreme Court fight to have key forensic exhibits retested. A salesman serving life in prison for murdering his former girlfriend has lost a fight at the UK's highest court to have key forensic exhibits retested.
Kevin Nunn was convicted in 2006 of the murder of Dawn Walker after her partially clothed body was found on the bank of the River Lark in Suffolk, but he claims he is innocent. Supreme Court justices unanimously rejected an appeal by Kevin Nunn, who was convicted in 2006 of the murder of Dawn Walker after her partially clothed body was found on the bank of the River Lark in Suffolk, but he claims he is innocent.
Nunn's legal team are trying to force Suffolk Police to give them access to key forensic evidence linked to the case that they said was not properly examined at the time. Nunn's legal team were trying to force Suffolk Police to give them access to key forensic evidence linked to the case that they said was not properly examined at the time.
This includes sperm found on Miss Walker's body after she died in February 2005, from which the original investigators were unable to get a full DNA profile.This includes sperm found on Miss Walker's body after she died in February 2005, from which the original investigators were unable to get a full DNA profile.
Nunn was denied permission to appeal his conviction in 2007, and in 2012 his attempts to get Suffolk Police to grant access to key exhibits were also turned down. Nunn was refused permission to appeal against his conviction in 2007, and in 2012 his attempts to get Suffolk Police to grant access to key exhibits were also turned down.
Prosecutors claim he killed Miss Walker in a jealous rage after she left him for a man with whom she had previously had a relationship. Prosecutors said he killed Miss Walker in a jealous rage after she left him for a man with whom she had previously had a relationship.
Describing his original murder trial, Nunn's sister Brigitte Butcher, who lives in Norfolk, has said: "There was character assassination in the courtroom that he was lying and he was jealous. Perhaps he was jealous but not to the extent that he would kill Dawn.
"He had no previous convictions, he had only ever had a parking ticket.
"There wasn't one piece of evidence against Kevin. Poor Dawn's death was a hideous ordeal that she went through, but there wasn't anything against Kevin forensically."
Supreme Court justices announce their decision in the latest round of Nunn's legal battle in London today.
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