Trial of man accused of double murder hears DNA evidence

A forensic scientist told a murder trial jury today that a button from a jacket worn by a man accused of murdering two women eighteen years ago produced a negative DNA result when examined in 1998.

A forensic scientist told a murder trial jury today that a button from a jacket worn by a man accused of murdering two women 18 years ago produced a negative DNA result when examined in 1998.

Mark Nash (aged 42) who has last addresses at Prussia Street and Clonliffe Road in Dublin, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of Sylvia Shields (aged 60) and Mary Callanan (aged 61) between March 6 and March 7, 1997.