Human blood detecting dogs drafted in as nets closes on killer

SPECIALLY trained police dogs drafted in from Britain to help track Meg Walsh’s killer have been used in several, high-profile international cases, including the Soham murders of school pals, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

As the net closed in on the 35-year-old’s murderer yesterday, the world’s only human blood detecting dog from South Yorkshire was back at work at the dead woman’s home on the edge of Waterford city.

Homicide search expert and National Centre for Police and Excellence officer, Mark Harrison, said spaniel Keela can detect human blood traces not even visible to the naked eye.