Re: DNA and blood transfusions

"Cynic" <cynic_999@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:14:26 -0000, "Uno Hoo!"
> <kev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >A question raised in the Daily Mail 'Coffee Break Questions' (but not yet
> >answered) was:
> >
> >"What happens to a person's DNA when they receive a blood transfusion.
> >
> >Anyone know?
>
> Apparently DNA from such a blood sample will have the patient's DNA
> banding, but will also exhibit "ghost" bands matching the doner's DNA.
> DNA from other body cells will be unaffected.
>
> There was a case in Australia about that, where DNA supposedly taken
> from clothing worn by a person on trial for GBH matched the victim but
> exhibited the ghost bands. Which, rather than incriminating the
> defendant, proved that it had been taken from the victim *after* he
> was hospitalised due to the assault and given blood, and so strongly
> indicated that the evidence had been planted.
>
> Although the only time the blood could have been put onto the clothing
> was whilst it was in the police evidence room, there was no
> investigation. The defendant was convicted - the relevance of the
> ghost bands was only realised after the trial. I don't know the
> outcome of the appeal (which relied on the relevance of the ghost
> bands).
>
> --
> Cynic
>

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s724179.htm
Worth reading the whole (long) piece but snippet
" ...
Phil Hogan, Defence Barrister, Lisoff Case: To put it in a nutshell, people
don't have a blood transfusion immediately before being assaulted and so the
theory was that the blood on the trackpants could only have got there after
the victim had had the blood transfusions because of the presence of all the
extraneous DNA and therefore again the theory was that those blood traces on
the clothes must have been planted. But how? For two weeks the track pants
and the blood sample from the victim had been stored in the same police
evidence room.
...."


What they aren't telling you about DNA profiles
and what Special Branch don't want you to know.
http://www.nutteing2.50megs.com/dnapr.htm
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