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Good point, Sandy.
LB ...
I can't recall what the phone company's evidence was.
But here is the bottom line.
I was wrong about how long the bra clasp had been on the floor. It wasn't 3 weeks ... it was 47 days ... 6 weeks and 5 days !
During that time, it should have been in a sterile DNA analysis bag, in a lab. But it was being trampled (literally) around Amanda's flat. It was contaminated, and worthless.
So why was it collected at all?
Well, after 47 days of investigation, the Prosecution had a MAJOR problem.
Despite claiming that Raf and Amanda had been having sex with Meredith in Meredith's bedroom, and had been involved in a violent murder in the same room ... there was ABSOLUTELY NO DNA whatsoever from Raf or Amanda.
Not a scrap.
Not even a teeny, weeny bit.
There was only one possible conclusion ... and only one ...
RAF AND AMANDA HAD NEVER BEEN IN MEREDITH'S ROOM.
That is the ONLY possible conclusion.
The Prosecution had to re-evaluate their case, admit that they had made a mistake, and release Raf and Amanda.
But Prosecutor Mignini couldn't do that.
He had pinned his reputation on this ludicrous "satanic sex game" fantasy.
They simply HAD to make this one stick, even though it was now clear that Raf and Amanda had not been the room where Meredith died.
They desperately hunted for evidence against Raf and Amanda. But they found nothing.
And then ... Ah Haaaaaaahh !!
The bra clasp !
"But it has been in Amanda's apartment for the last six weeks. And it was picked up without observing the strict procedures for DNA evidence."
"No matter. Let's gloss over that."
And so, Mignini held another press conference announcing that they had found DNA on the bra clasp.
The tabloid Press were delighted.
The independant experts on appeal have demonstrated that the traces of DNA on the bra clasp were so miniscule as to be significantly below the level required by a Court.
What it showed was that neither Raf, nor Amanda, had ever touched Meredith's bra clasp.
So ...
(1) Whoever hacked off Meredith's bra clasp, it was neither Raf, nor Amanda.
(2) Whoever was in Meredith's room, it was neither Raf, nor Amanda.