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DNA belonging to a man accused of murder was found in the bloody bedroom where an Aberdeen woman was found dead.
Norman Duncan is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh accused of murdering 54-year-old grandmother Margaret Robertson at her home in the Promenade Court high-rise in Seaton.
Forensic scientist Christopher Gannicliffe said the majority of the blood at the property was in the bedroom.
The court heard that Duncan’s DNA was found on the bedroom door.
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A man accused of murdering an Aberdeen gran in her own home told police he had visited the block of flats where she lived to buy crack cocaine.
But Norman Duncan maintained to detectives during an interview that he was not responsible for the murder of Margaret Robertson.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard Duncan agreed he was at Promenade Court, in Aberdeen, three times on September 25, 2019 – the day Ms Robertson is believed to have died.
The 42-year-old is currently on trial accused of sexually assaulting her before stabbing her to death in the city-centre high-rise.
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A man accused of murdering an Aberdeen gran was seen entering the high-rise where she lived three times on the night she’s believed to have died.
Edinburgh High Court heard Norman Duncan was filmed by CCTV cameras going into and leaving Promenade Court, in Aberdeen, on September 25, 2019.
Duncan is currently on trial accused of sexually assaulting Margaret Robertson before stabbing her to death.
It is alleged the 42-year old groped and sexually assaulted his victim before attacking her with a knife in her flat in her own home.
spoken to here. i think this is only going to add to the tension the fact that this person, this assailant has not been captured yet and is still on the loose especially with a large amount of police presence in tel aviv to me is pretty shocking and i m sure quite frightening to other residents in the area in tel aviv as to where this man is. i m sure it is. meg robertson, thank you so muc for joining us. we appreciate you telling us what you saw there. and all of this of course comes as new york governor andrew quo moe cuomo is urging people to be vigilant following the arrest of a rochester man planning to attack new year s eve revelers with a machete. authorities say he was in contact with a member of isis overseas and planned his attack so he could join the terror group himself. overseas the taliban claiming responsibility for a different actual attack here, a suicide bombing at a french restaurant in afghanistan s capital kabul. it s an area very popular with foreigners there.