An expert from the Government Chemist said after analysing the cigarette butts, he found that the DNA profile that was generated matched that of the suspect Peter Ngugi. A detective, sergeant Clement King’ori Mwangi, escorted Mr Ngugi and his four co-accused persons in the murder trial to the Government Chemist to have their DNA samples collected for referencing, Justice Jessie Lessit heard. Lawyer Michuki said looking at the document nothing shows on what authority were the samples taken from his client. The doctor further testified that other three cigarette butts generated a mixed DNA profile, meaning they had been smoked and touched by several people. He said it was difficult to discover the time the cigarette butts had stayed at the scene or elsewhere before been taken to the laboratory.

Source: Daily Nation July 23, 2020 13:33 UTC