Accused's DNA 'on pizzeria boss'

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A trial has heard DNA samples found on the body and bag of pizzeria manager Eleni Pachou matched the profile of the man accused of murdering her.

A forensic scientist told the High Court in Glasgow that DNA on the 25-year-old's face and on her rucksack strap matched that of Juan Crispin.

Pauline McSorley told the jury the chances of the DNA belonging to anyone but Mr Crispin was "one in a billion".

He denies murdering Ms Pachou at Di Maggio's in Glasgow in May last year.

The 37-year-old also denies robbing Ms Pachou and has blamed restaurant cleaner Marion Hinshelwood for her death.

The jury was also told that a mixture of DNA matching Mr Crispin's and Ms Pachou was found on a bloodied glove imprint on the safe.

Ms McSorley said: "In my opinion the person who made the handprint was bleeding."

Ms Pachou's body was found inside Di Maggio's in Glasgow's west end

She told prosecutor Brian McConnachie QC that her findings suggested that the trainee manager was initially assaulted outside the kitchen door of the restaurant.

She added: "She was assaulted at the kitchen door and bled and was further assaulted in the kitchen.

"Eleni Pachou did not move very far from the area of the immediate assault.

"Nor did she move from the position in which her body was found."

The court was told that drops of blood matching Mr Crispin's DNA were found on the inside of the shutter at the restaurant and at the front entrance.

Badly cut

Earlier Arnaud Lerebourg, manager at Cafe Andaluz in St Vincent Place, Glasgow, told the court that on 30 May last year, staff member Mr Crispin complained that he had cut his hand on the dumb waiter on the premises.

Mr Lerebourg said Mr Crispin seemed to be badly cut and said he needed to go to hospital.

He said that after he left for the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, he examined the mechanism and found no sharp edges or any blood.

Mr Crispin denies repeatedly striking Ms Pachou on the head and body with a knife or similar instrument, opening a safe and robbing her of more than £1,300 and murdering her.

He also denies attempting to defeat the ends of justice by removing bloodstained clothing and shoes. The trial continues.