Public prosecutor Thale Thomseth said that charges would not have been brought in the case if one stood alone with the new DNA match from Vassbakk on Birgitte Tengs’ thigh. The reason for this is the small amounts of DNA in this find. – But the new finding from sample 55 provides additional information that points to the defendant as the perpetrator, when we combine this with the original finding, Y-12-F, Thomseth stated in the procedure. Sample A12-F was the conclusive evidence against Vassbakk when he was sentenced to 17 years in prison in Haugaland and Sunnhordland District Court in February. It is now clear that the prosecution will rely on another DNA match to get Vassbakk convicted in the Court of Appeal. Bloody handprint The prosecution’s claim is that the killer left a bloody handprint on Birgitte’s thigh. – This has pulled through the tights. The defendant has deposited his own DNA on the pantyhose, said state prosecutor Thale Thomseth when she began her proceedings in the Gulating Court of Appeal on Monday. This is what makes up sample 55 in the new analyzes that were carried out at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in The Hague in the Netherlands this spring. The prosecution therefore believes that the new DNA matches should also be given weight, even though small amounts from Vassbakk were found on the thigh of Birgitte’s pantyhose. – There is little Y-DNA in these samples. This has made it challenging to get a result. Based on this, four or five independent analyzes have been made of all nine samples that were found interesting to proceed with. All experts have concluded that it is justifiable to emphasize a so-called consensus profile, as has been done in the new analyses, noted the state attorney. Another DNA match The prosecution believes that Vassbakk then pulled down Birgitte’s pantyhose. – At this point she had bleeding head injuries, and was at least unconscious, perhaps already dead, Thomseth continued. The Birgitte case Johny Vassbakk is accused of having killed Birgitte Tengs on Karmøy on the night of 6 May 1995. In the Haugaland and Sunnhordland District Court, Vassbakk was sentenced to 17 years in prison on 6 February. He has always denied criminal guilt. Currently, the appeal process is ongoing in the Gulating Court of Appeal in Stavanger. The case will end as planned with proceedings on 19 and 20 October. Judgment in the case falls on 5 December. The public prosecutor believes that it was in this second maneuver that Vassbakk also deposited his DNA on the waistband, high up on the trousers. – In sample A12-F there is deposited blood from Birgitte and what we assume is epithelium from the defendant, said Thomseth. In the procedure, the most important thing is that DNA from only one man has been found here, and it has then been possible to make a probability calculation. – The murder started on the hill – We believe that Birgitte Tengs was undressed at the top of the hill on Gamle Sundvegen, and that the murder started there, said Thale Thomseth. Birgitte was found in the terrain a few tens of meters from the road. news will return later in the morning with more details about how much weight the prosecution believes the new analyzes have, compared to the original DNA match.
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