The rules that allow important DNA evidence in criminal cases are destroyed, must be changed, says professor Asbjørn Sandbakken.
law professor at the University of Bergen thinks Monika case is a perfect example of the Norwegian regulations on throwing forensic DNA samples after certain deadlines is dangerous for legal certainty , NRK reported.
– We can praise ourselves lucky that these particular samples were available, he says, the day after Lithuanian Donatas Lukosevicius was sentenced to 18 years in custody for the murder of eight-year-old Monika Sviglinskaja in 2011 .
– it is regrettable that it is all too strict rules which mean that we must destroy very much material. This can have very unfortunate consequences, says the professor.
DNA material collected after Monika was found dead on 14 November 2011 and who first gave nothing hits on Lukosevicius were analyzed with the help of new technology in 2014 and 2015.
When should this DNA material according to legislation and police practices really have been destroyed. It was not, however, several of the new analysis gave results on Kristina’s ekssamboer.
Inspectorate agrees that a rule change for the DNA register now must be considered.
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