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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S2E86: "When the Normal Meets the Abnormal”: The Closings Begin
S2“Public Health Concern” Delays Trial Resumption
S2Bonus Episode: Remembering Jane
S2E85: The Case End
S2E84: The Police Interview
S2E83: “The Most Significant Piece of Evidence the Prosecution is Going to Bring”
S2E82: Claremont "Too Much Trouble" For Cab Drivers
S2E81: “Very Strong” Chance Ciara Glennon was in Bradley Edwards’ Car
S2E80: Another Woman’s Terrifying Encounter
S2E79: The Mammoth Evidence
S2E78: Pre-Murder Fibres No Match to Post-Murder Fibres
S2E77: The Pristine Hair Sample
S2E76: The FBI Petri dish Which Allegedly Links a Rape and a Murder
S2E75: The First Physical Evidence Linking Jane and Ciara
S2E74: The Karrakatta Rape Victim, Jane and Ciara Connected Through a Blue Fibre
S2E73: The 1000 Fibres Found in Jane’s Hair
S2E72: The Moment the Forensics linked Ciara and Jane’s Murders
S2E71: Looking For a Needle in a Haystack
S2E70: Fabric Under Scrutiny
S2E69: Telstra Blue
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