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Blood on Shane Mays’ trainer is ‘billion times more likely’ to be Louise Smith’s
Mr Dowlman has put on gloves before being handed Mays’ left white Adidas trainer.
Prosecutor Mr Newton-Price says in a photo there is blood staining on the opening of the trainer.
Mr Dowlman said there are two confirmed blood stains, and another more into the opening of the shoe.
‘Both these blood stains were cut out and we cut them out to ensure that we recovered as much of the blood as possible,’ he said.
He said the stains were dropped on the trainers.
Mr Dowlman said it is a ‘billion times more likely that the blood staining originated from Louise Smith rather than another unrelated individual’.
There is a ‘minor profile’ of Mays’ DNA, consistent with it being his shoe, the court is told.
Another blood stain has the profiles of Louise, Mays and Louise’s aunt Chazlynn Mays. They could have been contributors to the profile or they could be there ‘by chance,' he said.
Other ‘very small’ blood stains were found. These could not be compared as there was ‘insufficient’ blood.
Mays’ right trainer has ‘three blood stains’ but were not sampled, he adds.
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