Man charged with burglary argues DNA profile can't be used by prosecution

A man charged with burglary has claimed a DNA profile of him created before a new DNA database law was introduced cannot be used in a prosecution against him for a crime allegedly committed after the database law was passed.

The man's blood was found in a bedroom of a house that had been burgled in 2010 and a swab taken. He was arrested and charged in 2016 with another burglary and a sample taken then was cross-matched with the 2010 sample - on which a DNA profile had been created before the enactment of a 2014 law on the DNA database.