Scientist found DNA matching that of Kevin Lunney and accused in Kangoo van

Dr Connolly also said swabs from blood stains in a horse trailer at a yard owned by Luke O'Reilly generated a DNA profile matching Mr Lunney's
Scientist found DNA matching that of Kevin Lunney and accused in Kangoo van

The prosecution is not alleging that Kevin Lunney (pictured) was ever in the Kangoo but that someone who had been in contact with Mr Lunney transferred Mr Lunney's blood to the van. File photo

A scientist found DNA matching Kevin Lunney's in the same van where he found DNA matching one of the men accused of abducting and torturing the Quinn Industrial Holdings director, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Dr Edward Connolly of Forensic Science Ireland told Sean Guerin SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, that on October 31, 2019, he attended the examination of a Renault Kangoo van that the prosecution alleges three of the accused used to travel to and from Cavan on the day of the abduction. 

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