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| DNA 'may link Kriss with accused' | DNA 'may link Kriss with accused' |
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| A possible chain of DNA may link murder victim Kriss Donald to one of his alleged killers, a court has heard. | A possible chain of DNA may link murder victim Kriss Donald to one of his alleged killers, a court has heard. |
| The High Court in Edinburgh was told Kriss' blood was found on the wing and bonnet of a burned out silver Mercedes found abandoned in Glasgow in 2004. | The High Court in Edinburgh was told Kriss' blood was found on the wing and bonnet of a burned out silver Mercedes found abandoned in Glasgow in 2004. |
| A partly burned black jacket found in the car could have been worn by Imran Shahid, one of three men on trial for the alleged racially aggravated murder. | A partly burned black jacket found in the car could have been worn by Imran Shahid, one of three men on trial for the alleged racially aggravated murder. |
| Mr Shahid, Zeeshan Shahid and Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq deny the charges. | Mr Shahid, Zeeshan Shahid and Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq deny the charges. |
| DNA expert Terry Randall told the trial that a blood sample taken from Imran Shahid after his arrest matched with results from swabs and sticky tape applied to the jacket. | DNA expert Terry Randall told the trial that a blood sample taken from Imran Shahid after his arrest matched with results from swabs and sticky tape applied to the jacket. |
| The odds that the jacket DNA came from anyone else - with the possible exception of a relation - were one in a billion, Mr Randall said. | The odds that the jacket DNA came from anyone else - with the possible exception of a relation - were one in a billion, Mr Randall said. |
| It is my opinion this blood had come from the deceased during a sustained assault on him Terry Randall | It is my opinion this blood had come from the deceased during a sustained assault on him Terry Randall |
| The trial has heard how police and forensic experts moved in after Kriss' body was discovered by a cyclist on his way to work on 16 March 2004. | The trial has heard how police and forensic experts moved in after Kriss' body was discovered by a cyclist on his way to work on 16 March 2004. |
| They found blood-stains among newly felled logs near the body, which matched the 15-year-old's DNA. | They found blood-stains among newly felled logs near the body, which matched the 15-year-old's DNA. |
| The court has heard that Kriss had been snatched from a street in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow the previous afternoon by a gang of Asian men in a silver car. | The court has heard that Kriss had been snatched from a street in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow the previous afternoon by a gang of Asian men in a silver car. |
| A burned out Mercedes was found in a lane in Hillhead, Glasgow, that same evening. | A burned out Mercedes was found in a lane in Hillhead, Glasgow, that same evening. |
| Asked by advocate Depute Mark Stewart QC about the bloodstains near the body, Mr Randall said: "It is my opinion this blood had come from the deceased during a sustained assault on him." | Asked by advocate Depute Mark Stewart QC about the bloodstains near the body, Mr Randall said: "It is my opinion this blood had come from the deceased during a sustained assault on him." |
| Destroy DNA | Destroy DNA |
| He said the blood on the Mercedes formed a pattern expected when someone suffering from severe injury was bleeding close by. | He said the blood on the Mercedes formed a pattern expected when someone suffering from severe injury was bleeding close by. |
| Mr Randall said: "Anywhere between one and two feet away, three feet at the most." | Mr Randall said: "Anywhere between one and two feet away, three feet at the most." |
| He also described how tape and swabs were applied to the lining of the leather jacket and the inside of the right pocket. | He also described how tape and swabs were applied to the lining of the leather jacket and the inside of the right pocket. |
| "In my opinion it reflects that this item has been worn extensively by Imran," he said. | "In my opinion it reflects that this item has been worn extensively by Imran," he said. |
| Mr Randall added that the jacket had been subjected to extreme heat when the car was on fire and had been soaked as firefighters put out the flames. | Mr Randall added that the jacket had been subjected to extreme heat when the car was on fire and had been soaked as firefighters put out the flames. |
| Both of these factors would tend to remove or destroy DNA from casual contact, the court heard. | Both of these factors would tend to remove or destroy DNA from casual contact, the court heard. |
| 'Quite hostile' | |
| Later, a former employee with prisoner escort firm Reliance gave evidence about a disturbance at the cells of Glasgow Sheriff Court in October last year. | |
| The court heard verbal abuse passed between the three prisoners who had been brought back from Pakistan and a group from Polmont Young Offenders Institution. | |
| John Meechan described the atmosphere as "quite hostile". | |
| He claimed that during the disturbance, Imran Shahid asked one of the youths his age and after hearing that he was 16, said: "You're just the age I like them at." | |
| However, during cross examination by Mr Shahid's defence lawyer, David Burns QC, the witness admitted he appeared to have incorrectly identified the man involved. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |