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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S2E68: The Good Old Fashion Police Work that Changed WA History
S2E67: The Trial Travels to China
S2E66: The Last Thing Jane and Ciara Could Have Ever Seen
S2E65: The Car Seizure that Changed the Investigation
S2E64: The Sensitive Operation
S2E63: The Trial Must Go On
S2E62: Prime Suspect’s Knife Sent to the FBI
S2E61: The FBI Connection
S2E60: Unlike DNA, Fibres CAN Fly Around the Room
S2Bonus Episode: Your DNA Questions Answered
S2Bonus Episode: “Nothing Will Stop This Trial From Going Ahead”
S2Bonus Episode: How COVID-19 Could Impact the Claremont Trial
S2Bonus Episode: Remembering Ciara
S2E59: DNA finale
S2E58: The Prosecution’s Star DNA Witness
S2JUMP IN NOW: Claremont the Trial Catch Up Part 2
S2JUMP IN NOW: Claremont the Trial Catch Up Part 1
S2E57: Contamination Not Likely, But Not ‘Impossible’
S2E56: "Fanciful" Contamination Claims Rubbished by Top Scientist
S2E55: Blood Everywhere…But No DNA
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