HOURS 13:35 - We have just concluded the examination of the experts of the Assize Court of Appeal in Perugia to examine the work of forensic traces of DNA on the center of the process to Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox for 'Murder of Meredith Kercher. The hearing, and 'has now been suspended. Will resume 'in the afternoon with the examination of the advisers of the parties always on DNA.
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HOURS 13:20 - In the mixed traces of DNA found on the hook of the bra worn by Meredith Kercher may 'be also identified the genetic profile of an expert in the Assize Court of Appeal of Perugia. There are also''I''explained Professor Carla Vecchiotti responding to a question of defending Raffaele Sollecito. Nine loci correspond to''me''said the expert yet. Experts have argued that the trace on the hook, and 'made from DNA of more' subjects. One and '''definitely''- and' explained - that of the student. For others - according to experts - can be reconstructed the genetic profiles of more 'people. How urge but also - and 'emerged today - the same professor Vecchiotti.
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HOURS 12:15 - The prosecutor objected Manuela comfortable classroom, bringing also records and documentation, the considerations that in the non-partisan experts, report on the findings of the DNA found in Meredith Kercher case, had ruled out the presence of so-called "negative controls" swabs taken to check the presence of traces of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito on the alleged murder weapon and the fragment of the hook of the bra of the victim. These controls are provided by the scientific international protocol that according to the experts the prosecution would not have followed to the letter in the first trial.
The prosecutor has denied this and no copy of the reports presented during the preliminary hearing judge, insisting that the same defenses were analyzed and questioned Dr. Stefanoni - master of the prosecution - on these issues. "Dr. Stefanoni - Handy said the prosecutor - has made available the following documents to the hook of the bra and she also insisted that the discs also have procedures for the murder weapon. They had not been attached at first, is not required because the defenses and a custom among experts. We now ask the court to acquire this material that goes to show how they have followed all standard procedures in the analysis of DNA. "
The defense of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were opposed to the acquisition documents dating back over 3 years ago. For the lawyer Della Vedova - Amanda Knox's legal - it is a demonstration of how the charge has never fully made the documents available to the defense of the process. The lawyer Giulia Bongiorno said however that are just non-partisan analysis of the experts who based their investigation on the file of Appeals for the process, where this documentation was not present, as can be seen today in the classroom with three years of delay
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HOURS 12:04 - As for the knife held by the prosecution on the murder weapon and forensic science which has isolated the DNA of Meredith and Knox on the blade on the handle, the expert Carla Vecchiotti, responding to a question of 'lawyer Maresca, reported as "present on the blade profile, with the interpretation of such peaks' and how' was made ​​by science, that 'under the threshold, can' belong to Meredith Kercher," but "the levels considered are not to be trusted. " According to the expert, also "lacks the repeatability 'because of' that 'and' an essential element"
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PERUGIA - Once again, the process for Meredith, you are consuming in the classroom on a clash between the experts superpartes required by the Court of Appeal and the prosecution of Mignini and am comfortable. For the umpteenth time discussing the least amount of DNA for precise identification of the key findings as the knife - the alleged murder weapon - and the hook of the bra of the victim Meredith Kercher.
Vecchiotti The expert confirmed that the genetic profiles examined in the first instance, which eventually led to the conviction of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, are not scientifically verifiable due to the paucity of identified DNA.
When asked the lawyer Maresca - Kercher family lawyer - if "we can not exclude the presence of a genetic profile of Meredith on the knife," the expert stressed that Vecchiotti for the hypothesis of compatibility is scientific value because of the low amount of DNA found, and this does not repeat the analysis, basic procedure to determine final identification.
It opened with a request by the prosecutor Manuela convenience of being able to produce documents related to the 'negative control' conducted by the forensic kits used to analyze traces of DNA dellla, the hearing of the appeal process to Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox for the murder of Meredith Kercher. Request to which the defenses of both defendants objected.
In particular, the lawyer Giulia Bongiorno, Sollecito's defense, and it 'as opposed supporting "certain and indisputable, and the data' in the file the appeal that these elements do not exist." The Court and 'paid then decide later.
The hearing is now continuing with the legal questions of civil Kercher family, Francesco Maresca, the lawyer, the experts and Carla Vecchiotti Stefano Conti, University 'La Sapienza of Rome, appointed by the Court of Assizes of Appeal Perugia to perform new genetic findings in the process. At the center of expertise in particular, the knife held by the prosecution the murder weapon and the victim's bra clasp.
