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Masserene DNA ruling on Thursday (Belfast Telegraph)
A judge in the trial of two men accused of murdering two soldiers will decide whether to allow controversial forensic evidence on Thursday.
Mr Justice Anthony Hart has been hearing legal arguments on the admissibility of the DNA test.
The prosecution claims the samples connect Colin Duffy and Brian Shivers to the gun attack on Sappers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar outside their Army base in Antrim.
The defence believes the computer-based assessment of US expert Dr Mark Perlin has not been properly recognised by other scientists.
Prosecution barrister Terence Mooney QC told Antrim Crown Court: “It is admissible on the basis that it is derived from scientific evidence which is reliable, proven and advanced by an expert in the field.
“It is therefore evidence upon which the court can place confidence and give weight.”
Sappers Quinsey, 23, and Azimkar, 21, were shot dead by the Real IRA as they collected pizzas with comrades outside Massereene Army base in Antrim in March 2009.
Duffy, 44, from Forest Glade in Lurgan, Co Armagh, and Shivers, 46, from Sperrin Mews, in Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, deny two charges of murder and the attempted murder of six others – three soldiers, two pizza delivery drivers and a security guard.
Dr Perlin’s system strongly linked the two men to the getaway car used in the attack.
He tested DNA from a seatbelt buckle, a mobile phone and a single matchstick found in or around the Vauxhall Cavalier, which was abandoned partially burnt-out on a country road a few miles from the shootings.

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