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Expert examined Angelika scene Angelika jury told of fingerprint
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A forensic scientist has told a murder trial how she spent three hours in victim Angelika Kluk's temporary tomb. The handyman accused of raping and murdering Angelika Kluk left a fingerprint on tape used to gag her, a trial heard.
Carol Weston, 33, was called to St Patrick's Church in Anderston, Glasgow, after the body of the Polish student was found last September. Experts told the High Court in Edinburgh that the chances of the print coming from anyone else were about one in a billion.
A jury at the High Court in Edinburgh began hearing evidence again on Monday after a break caused by accused Peter Tobin, 60, taking ill. The trial of Peter Tobin, 60, had paused for two days after he was taken ill and was taken to hospital.
Mr Tobin denies murdering and raping Angelika in September last year. Mr Tobin denies raping and murdering the Polish student.
Mrs Weston described the process of collecting evidence from the crime scene. The court heard about DNA evidence apparently linking the accused and the victim. It was suggested that Mr Tobin probably had sex with Angelika, 23, around the time of her death.
She said the student's bound and blood-stained body could be seen through a small hatch near the priest's confessional. The jury were also shown photos of the blood-spattered garage attached to a Glasgow church where it is thought she was attacked.
Recent sex The probability of the DNA profile originating from another male, unrelated to Peter Tobin are estimated to be in the order of one in one billion Forensic scientist Carol Weston
No blood-stains were found on the floor or the hatch but a search for DNA was undertaken. Forensic scientist Carol Weston, 33, was called to St Patrick's Church in Anderston, Glasgow, after the body of the Polish student was found under the floor last September.
Swabs were also taken from the student's body - which revealed evidence of recent sex.
Mrs Weston said: "I was under the floor about, I think, for just under three hours."Mrs Weston said: "I was under the floor about, I think, for just under three hours."
Angelika, 23, had been staying at the chapel house attached to St Patrick's Church and working as a cleaner to help finance her language studies in Gdansk. She told how the bound and bloodstained body could be seen through a small hatch near the priest's confessional.
There was no blood in the area of the hatch but blood-stains were found in the church's garage - on the floor, almost six feet up a concrete pillar and even on the ceiling.
DNA from the blood matched that of Angelika, the court heard.
Mrs Weston went on to tell how semen found in Angelika's pants was tested in Strathclyde Police's lab.
Post mortem
Advocate depute Dorothy Bain, prosecuting, said: "The sperm cells were found to match the DNA profile of Peter Tobin."
Mrs Weston said her examination suggested that Angelika had sex "near to the time of her death."
The student had not had time to move about or take a shower or a bath. She added that the probability of finding this match in another man unrelated to Tobin were one in one billion.
The court heard that as the post mortem on Angelika began an insulating tape gag was removed, and a kitchen cloth was taken from the dead student's mouth.
Forensic tests revealed a finger-print on the tape, which was sampled for DNA.
Ms Bain asked: "The DNA taken by swabbing the fingerprint matched the DNA of who?"
"Peter Tobin," replied Mrs Weston. She said that again it was "a complete match."
She added: "The probability of the DNA profile originating from another male, unrelated to Peter Tobin are estimated to be in the order of one in one billion."
Blood stains
Mrs Weston said the bloodstained kitchen cloth was examined and a single sperm cell was found.
It too matched Tobin's profile, with a one in 210 million chance of it coming from another unrelated man.
The court also heard that microscopic blood stains were found on the watch Tobin was wearing when he turned up at a London hospital, three days after Angelika's body was found.
She said: "They were consistent with the watch being more heavily bloodstained and the blood being wiped off."
Further DNA evidence was found on Tobin's T-shirt. The court also heard that a pair of blood-stained jeans were found in a wheelie bin at St Patrick's Church.
Mr Tobin denies murder, rape, attempting to defeat the ends of justice, attempting to pervert the course of justice and breach of the peace.Mr Tobin denies murder, rape, attempting to defeat the ends of justice, attempting to pervert the course of justice and breach of the peace.
The trial continues.The trial continues.