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May 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
THE limits of DNA analysis will be tested by a trial involving a 20-year-old rape, a deceased victim, a nomadic man and his uncooperative brother.
The District Court of South Australia has heard the case against Peter Tasman Cannell centres on DNA found at the 1993 rape of a woman, 81.
Prosecutors claim there is a 600-billion-to-1 chance of anyone other than Cannell being the rapist – but they cannot exclude his brother, who has refused to provide a DNA sample.
Cannell, 41, of Victoria, has pleaded not guilty to one count each of rape and burglary.
Opening the trial yesterday, prosecutor Sandi McDonald said the charges related to an incident in Wright St, Adelaide, in October 1993.
She said the rapist unlocked the victim’s door after tearing through a flyscreen and subjected her to a “traumatic” rape.
“(The victim) was later taken to hospital and remained there for about six weeks,” she said.
“She sustained injuries in so many areas that it may be easier to talk about the areas that were not bruised.”
The victim died of natural causes in July 1997.
Ms McDonald said police records would prove Cannell – who moves between NT, WA and Queensland – was in Adelaide at the time of the rape.
“The heart of this case is the DNA,” she said.
“In 1993, the Forensic Science Centre had not yet commenced DNA analysis (but) they knew it was coming, so they stored the sample.
“In 2002 it was uploaded to the database and, in October 2010, Cannell was arrested based on a DNA match.”
She said experts found the chances of the DNA belonging to anyone other than Cannell were “600-billion-to-1”.
“In this case there’s a further matter – the accused has a brother,” she said.
Ms McDonald said testing showed a “1-in-10,000” chance the DNA found at the rape could belong to Cannell’s brother – who was not named in court.
She said the brother had refused to provide police with a sample of his DNA “or co-operate”.
Further testing “concluded the chance of the brother having the same DNA profile was 1-in-34,000,” Ms McDonald said.
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