Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed

Presumably theres no question over DNA profile matching, that science is well established

The question as above is demonstrating that dna found could only belong to the killer

Presumably then there will be certain criteria for this eg; DNA on multiple items

For me it’s more about, assuming the DNA can be linked to a person, either alive or dead, to then determine why their DNA is present.

If Bailey, then he’d have a hellofa lot of explaining to do- I know he did work on Alfie’s place but he never mentioned bricklaying the shed.
A neighbour? Possibly an innocent explanation but not a total given.

Someone totally unconnected to that house or lands? Again like Bailey, the onus would be on them to explain it if they didn’t want a full scale murder investigation on their doorstep.

If its Bailey AGS and the French will frame it that the case is closed

There's a lot of potential questions here if it's not Bailey

Yes, for instance.

However at the moment they were not even able to mach anything from her clothes/shoes to anybody. So that's still unknown as well.

“If DNA is found using M-VAC only, expect a robust challenge in an Irish trial.”

For arguments sake, let’s say @chooseusername’s DNA was found- how the hell would they arrive at that conclusion if you hadn’t been there?

OK fair enough- but then surely you’d be on a list of people for exclusion - my point being, if there isn’t a logical explanation why your DNA is on this brick, you’d better be prepared to answer some tough questions- the Vac system doesn’t “invent” DNA- it extracts it- so why should there be a legal challenge?

If it's Bailey's DNA found they won't care about going to court, they'll just release it to the press and leave it at that. No further investigation or tribunals about how the case was screwed etc.

If someone else's DNA is found, I don't think it'll leak, it'll remain undisclosed like the Kerry babies case, and people will probably just assume it was circumstantial, similar to the boot DNA. Likely the DPP will also say that the case has been so bungled that there will be no chance of prosecution imo.

The worst outcome is if Bailey has a legit reason for DNA on a block for example and he gets thrown under the bus again , twice, in life and death

It is a stretch to explain away baileys DNA if present

It could depend on how much of a profile is extracted. Sometimes it is a fragment and could identify someone (not uniquely but could match to small number). With the boot they only had a fragment and could identify male and rule it out as a match for Bailey.

That's the case from what is being reported.

A source told the publication that testing typically takes a minimum of 30 days.

‘It is hugely significant because it [the recovered DNA] could not have been deposited by anyone other than the killer,’ the source said.

Butterly has already been out of the blocks saying Mvac hasnt been tested here

His comments did get me wondering if he's heard something

Mvac has already been tested in the courts in other jurisdictions and presumably they have the science to back it up