Prisoners jailed on the strength of a DNA testing technique that is now under review could turn to the appeal courts in a bid to have their convictions quashed, an expert said today.

UK Police have suspended the testing of “low copy DNA” following the acquittal of Omagh bomb suspect Sean Hoey, it was revealed tonight.

Bill Clinton held Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat responsible for the collapse of Middle East peace efforts, and told him so, the former president said in an interview published ahead of his new book’s release.