Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: UK-based DNA expert not competent,says prosecution

Aarushi’s parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are standing trial for the murder of their 14-year-old daughter and domestic help Hemraj. The murders took place in May 2008.

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Andre Semikhodski,a defence witness,had previously told the court that he disagreed with the findings of the prosecution,and that the DNA report submitted in the case could lead to a “miscarriage of justice”. Semikhodski denied the prosecution’s charges that he wasn’t competent to analyse the sample.

To a prosecution’s question regarding the difference in DNA testing in different countries,Semikhodski said while “rule of evidence in regard to DNA testing might differ”,the protocol of DNA testing remains the same as “the protocol is supplied by the manufacturer of the DNA analysis kit”.

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He reiterated his previous criticism of Dr B K Mahapatra,who had compiled the report,and said that in the present case he hadn’t “connected the accused with the crime in any DNA report”. He had previously stated that Mahapatra’s report made it “impossible to put his findings within the frame of current criminal case”.