Poeschel murder trial finds DNA match
DNA profiling carried out on the body of a young German woman revealed a match with that of the man accused of her murder, a jury at the Central Criminal court heard today.
Head of the DNA unit at Garda Headquarters, Dr Maureen Smyth, told the court that the DNA profile from sperm cells found on the body of Ms Bettina Poeschel matched that of the accused, Mr Michael Murphy.
