Jasmine Everleigh, 44, is accused of stabbing Samir Esbeck, 59, and his friend Sarkis Abboud, 61, at a Brunswick apartment, in Melbourne, at 5.20am on Thursday.
The woman, 44, allegedly stabbed the men, aged 59 and 61, at an apartment on the corner of Breese and Hope streets in Brunswick, Melbourne, at 5.20am on Thursday.
DNA-matching to solve crimes an imperfect science DNA-matching may work to catch killers on TV crime shows like CSI but in reality, it’s an imperfect science we shouldn’t have blind faith in, says Andrew Rule.
Crime by Andrew Rule
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Subscriber only Catching crooks and killers became a lot easier when DNA-matching hit the courts. It was the greatest investigation breakthrough since law enforcement took up fingerprinting in the 1890s. It took about a decade before fingerprint evidence was used to decide a criminal trial but after that it rapidly became an investigation tool routinely used by police worldwide. Fingerprint techniques have, of course, been refined ever since.
Jill Meagher case: Facebook refusing to close groups and pages that might jeopardise a successful prosecution
1st Oct 2012 4:24pm | By Editor Social media giant Facebook is yet to shut down sites inciting hatred and violence against the man charged with the murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.
Victoria Police has asked Facebook to cancel about six sites, but Deputy Commissioner Tim Cartwright says the social media network operator has declined, despite fears that these sites could prejudice a fair trial. (It s) pretty disappointing, some of those sites are inciting hatred and really quite disgusting in the sorts of messages they re portraying, Mr Cartwright told reporters on Monday.
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