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DNA on Gun Matches Accused's
Wed, 10/03/2012 - 8:00pm
By Steve Bruce
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The alleged murder weapon in the case of slain taxi driver Sergei Kostin. Chaze Lamar Thompson is on trial for first-degree murder. Courtesy of Christian LaForce/Staff |
DNA found on the gun allegedly used to murder a Dartmouth taxi driver matches that of Chaze Lamar Thompson, a Halifax jury was told.
Michelle Fisher, an expert in forensic DNA analysis, testified that there’s a one-in-79-million chance that DNA swabbed from the grip of the gun belongs to a black Canadian other than Thompson.
The 22-year-old Thompson is on trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court for first-degree murder in the death of Sergei Kostin, a driver for Bob’s Taxi.
Source: Herald News
