BC police took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/bc/b-c-police-secretly-took-dna-from-kurdish-community-in-tea-cup-sting-to-solve/article_ce363715-713a-50ee-890f-10c296b51cd1.html

by Scoundreller • 3 years ago

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thecanadianpressnews.ca

Scoundreller• 3 years ago

His trial heard DNA on a cigarette butt discarded by Ali matched semen in the girl's body, which was found in Burnaby's Central Park in July 2017.
But the jury was never told why B.C.'s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was monitoring Ali,and an application by his lawyers for full information about the operation has been sealed by the court.

juliusdavies• 3 years ago

The CBC version of this story is much more detailed:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tea-cup-stin...

For example:

In December 2022, Crown lawyer Porte told the court that 150 cups were collected at the celebration. Three were duplicates, and of the 147 unique DNA samples, 91 were male and 56 female.

I can't imagine how much that must have cost! 150 DNA tests!

The CBC version is fully credited to Brieanna Charlebois at the Canadian Press, so I'm a little confused as to why URL you posted does not include all these additional details.

BC police took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder

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