When Claremont exhibits were sent over the to the UK for expert low copy number testing, the exhibits which are now seen as crucial to the prosecution’s case - Ciara Glennon’s fingernails - went missing.
It turns out they were never ‘missing’, just separated from the other exhibits and placed in a fridge for storage.
As Tim Clarke explains, there must have been a sense panic that went through that lab in the time the exhibits were thought to be missing.
The scientists didn’t know just how important these fingernails would be to the case at that time, because they hadn’t yet been tested.
But what they did have with them, that were considered important at the time, were samples from multiple ‘people of interest’ to the case, which they planned to test against the Claremont samples.
As the Claremont Serial Killings trial entered its 50th day, another cold case which gripped WA was in the headlines again, just over two years since a conviction was made.
But today, that conviction of Francis Wark was overturned. He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old WA teenager Hayley Dodd in 1999. Hayley’s body was never found.
Tim Clarke says this raises questions in the case of Sarah Spiers.
The Claremont in Conversation podcast team discuss what, if any implications this could have on the Claremont case.
If you want to know more about the Hayley Dodd case, head to https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/francis-john-wark-to-face-re-trial-for-murder-of-hayley-dodd-after-conviction-quashed-on-appeal-ng-b881468701z
If you have any questions for the podcast team, or any of their guests, send them in to claremonpodcast@wanews.com.au
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S2E103: THE SENTENCING: 'Coward' Edwards likely to die in prison
S2Enigma of the Dark: Claremont the Trial LIVE
S2E102: How Long Could Edwards Stay Behind Bars?
S2E101: Inside the MACRO Taskforce
S2E100: Dr DNA: The Man Behind the Breakthrough
S2E99: The Hollywood Hospital Victim: In Her Own Words
S2E98: Inside the Mind of a Killer
S2E97: The Verdict Analysis with Tom Percy
S2E96: Justice delivered: THE VERDICT
S2Bonus Episode: The Moment of Truth upon Us
S2Bonus Episode: What's Next?
S2E95: It’s Up to Justice Hall Now
S2E94: The Closing Statements: A New Alibi
S2E93: The Closing Statements: Mr Edwards ‘Should be Acquitted’ of Killing Sarah
S2E92: The Closing Statements: “If He Wanted to Kill Her, She’d be Dead”
S2E91: The Closing Statements: “If the DNA Evidence isn’t Proven, the Whole Case Falls Over”
S2E90: The Closing Statements: "Bradley Robert Edwards, we say, is the Claremont serial killer.”
S2E89: The Closing Statements: When Preparation met Opportunity
S2E88: The Closing Statements: Was he just a Rapist, or a Rapist and a Murderer?
S2E87: The Closing Statements: The DNA Points to Him
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