Re-evaluation of the blood and silencer evidence

[Vertigo Swirl]

Pardon?

perfectly plain parlance.

[The General]

perfectly plain parlance.

Pedant.
PEDANT, THE WORD WAS PEDANTIC!

WOO

[Vertigo Swirl]

Pedant.
PEDANT, THE WORD WAS PEDANTIC!

WOO

No.

[Caroline]

Paraffin?

The word is 'patronising' but I'm thinking of another P word now! 

[Vertigo Swirl]

The word is 'patronising' but I'm thinking of another P word now! 

great minds.

[G-Unit]

I have never disputed what the court actually said, and kindly stop patronising me.  If the DNA found in the silencer resembled Sheila's but was not Sheila's then who of her blood relatives handled the silencer or contaminated it, in your view?

There was a mixture; probably from three  people. Two females and one male. I have no idea who they were or where the DNA came from. The scientists, however, agreed that June Bamber's DNA was there. She was unrelated to Sheila Caffell, of course.

[The General]

great minds.

AHAHAHAHAAHAHAAA
Give us a shout when they turn up.

[puglove]

Pugnacity

 

[Vertigo Swirl]

There was a mixture; probably from three  people. Two females and one male. I have no idea who they were or where the DNA came from. The scientists, however, agreed that June Bamber's DNA was there. She was unrelated to Sheila Caffell, of course.

Why did they conclude that one of the people may have been Sheila?  For no other reason than it was female DNA?

[G-Unit]

Why did they conclude that one of the people may have been Sheila?  For no other reason than it was female DNA?

They found 17 out of 20 bands which they said was Sheila's. I don't know how they justified that conclusion, because they didn't have a full profile of her DNA. They had 50% of it from her mother, but none of her father's. There was a lot of speculation about contamination. They also, remember, said that of those 17 bands 13 could have matched by chance.

[Vertigo Swirl]

They found 17 out of 20 bands which they said was Sheila's. I don't know how they justified that conclusion, because they didn't have a full profile of her DNA. They had 50% of it from her mother, but none of her father's. There was a lot of speculation about contamination. They also, remember, said that of those 17 bands 13 could have matched by chance.

So 4 bands could not have been matched by chance.  As there was no one else related to Sheila by blood in that farm house then that would suggest a strong likelihood it was hers. 

[G-Unit]

So 4 bands could not have been matched by chance.  As there was no one else related to Sheila by blood in that farm house then that would suggest a strong likelihood it was hers.

The four bands could have belonged to the unknown man.

[Vertigo Swirl]

The four bands could have belonged to the unknown man.

Where does it say that?  You just wrote that 13 of the 17 bands could have matched by chance, are you now changing your mind and saying that 17 out of 17 could have matched by chance?

[Robittybob1]

If it had similarities to Sheila's mother's DNA, but wasn't Sheila's DNA then whose was it?

There are markers that tell the sex of the donor.   Since they talk of Shiela and her mother I presume the sex was determined to be female. 
If they are looking for 20 markers and only match 17, IMO the sample is more likely to come from the mother rather than the daughter.
Had the biological mother of Shiela come on the scene somehow?

[Caroline]

There are markers that tell the sex of the donor.   Since they talk of Shiela and her mother I presume the sex was determined to be female. 
If they are looking for 20 markers and only match 17, IMO the sample is more likely to come from the mother rather than the daughter.
Had the biological mother of Shiela come on the scene somehow?

Nowhere near the scene, she was in Canada.