Beside Alan James Fahey’s lifeless body were bloody footprints; there was blood in the bathroom too, suggesting someone had washed themselves. The High Court at Dunedin heard hours of testimony yesterday from ESR forensic scientist Wendy Janes, who painstakingly combed the 66-year-old victim’s Brockville Rd flat for traces of blood. Ms Janes detailed for the jury the areas in the house where blood was found and how it was likely to have come to be on the surface. Despite the evidence of footprints, matching such a print with someone’s foot was "fraught with difficulty" because of the variety in people’s gaits, Ms Janes said. He was convinced the injuries to Mr Fahey’s face and throat came from six blows and said they could not have come from a fall.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 02, 2018 16:18 UTC