The court also heard from police officer Tim Sandry, who was recalled to the witness box.
He admitted he forgot that the home-made handcuffs allegedly used to bind Ms Lees were informally examined by a police officer in South Australia in 2002.
The defence has suggested the
manacles may have been contaminated during the Adelaide trip, after they were taken in a closed bag to a meeting in prison with Murdoch.
Later, specialist testing in the United Kingdom allegedly found DNA matching that of Murdoch on a portion of the cableties.
Senior Constable Sandry said he didn't mention the informal examination when he testified to the court earlier because he had forgotten about it.
He said he asked SA crime scene examiner Paul Sheldon to see if the manacles could be matched with any cutting tools belonging to Murdoch.
He believed that gloves were used during the 10-minute examination to avoid contamination.
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Errr so to match the tools...you have to touch the tools to the manacles..yep Mr Murdochs tools with his dna.:suspicious:
believed? he wasnt sure...just believed? there got to be kidding....:banghead:
http://books.google.com.au/books?id...=B7ypUYDYMYnckgWe1YDYAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA