I didn’t contaminate murder trial handcuffs, says detective

THE man accused of killing British backpacker Peter Falconio laughed in the dock as a detective denied contaminating evidence.

Detective Superintendent Colleen Gwynne has said she could not have contaminated handcuffs allegedly used to tie Mr Falconio’s girlfriend Joanne Lees’s hands behind her back with Bradley Murdoch’s DNA when she took them to the prison where he was being held on remand.

She denied having any access to samples of Murdoch’s DNA and said the closest he ever came to the handcuffs while they were in her possession was about 2.5 metres.