Crerar jury hears first mention of DNA

The garda detective who arrested former army sergeant John Crerar for the 1979 murder of Kildare woman Phyllis Murphy has a told a jury that he had arrested Mr Crerar because DNA evidence positively linked him to Ms Murphy.

John Crerar (aged 54), a father-of-five of Woodside Park, Kildare, has denied the murder of Philomena Murphy (aged 23), who was known as Phyllis, on a date unknown between 22 December 1979 and January 18 1980 within the state. At the time of her death, Phyllis Murphy was living in digs in Rathangan, Co. Kildare.