Semen stains containing the DNA of one of the boys accused of Anastasia Kriegel's murder was found on a vest top in the room where her body was discovered, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The blood-stained clothing of a fatal stab victim has been shown to the jury in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering him.

A leading scientist has told a rape trial that he believes the State Forensic Laboratory is “unwilling to accept” the results of a test which appear to contradict the prosecution’s case.

DNA matching both Meg Walsh and her husband John O’Brien, currently on trial in the Central Criminal Court for her murder, was found in the boot of her car the jury in his trial have heard.