Mark Lundy murder retrial: DNA testing questioned

Maarten Holl

EVIDENCE: Susan Vintiner, an ESR scientist, gave evidence about the results of DNA samples taken in the Lundy case.

Paint found on items at the scene of the alleged Lundy murders could have matched the paint Mark Lundy used on his tools.

Lundy, 56, is accused of staging a burglary, and killing wife, Christine, 38, and daughter Amber, 7 on August 30, 2000. The Crown alleges the pair were killed with a small axe or tomahawk, which has not been found.

Lundy was tried in 2002 and is being retried following a Privy Council ruling. He has pleaded not guilty.

Our reporter Jono Galuszka was at court in Wellington and updated developments throughout the day.

KEY POINTS:

*Tests done on samples taken from Mark Lundy's shirt found DNA which was extremely likely to have come from Christine Lundy, the jury heard.

*One of the samples from Lundy's polo shirt contained unknown female DNA, the court has heard.

*A third American pathologist has told the court tissue found on Mark Lundy's shirt was central nervous system tissue.

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Mark Lundy murder retrial: DNA testing questioned