No DNA of accused found on flex

A JURY at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard how a forensic scientist found no evidence of DNA from murder accused Brian Kearney on a vacuum cleaner flex found near the body of his wife, Siobhán.

Brian Kearney, aged 50, with an address at Carnroe, Knocknashee, Goatstown, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Siobhán, 38, on February 28, 2006 — his 49th birthday.

Mr Justice Barry White and the jury of eight women and four men yesterday heard evidence from Garda National Headquarters forensic scientists.