Teen's clothing examined for DNA, Old Bailey hears (From Oxford Mail)

Teen's clothing examined for DNA, Old Bailey hears

4:46pm Thursday 7th March 2013 in News By Ben Wilkinson, Crime Reporter. Call me on (01865) 425427

A SCIENTIST has told the Old Bailey there is less than a one in a billion chance DNA found in a 14-year-old's underwear did not come from men accused of involvement in a sex exploitation gang.

Unnamed complainant known as Girl 5 claims she had sex between the ages of 12 and 14 with Assad and Mohammed Hussain and Zeeshan and Billal Ahmed.

Only Bilal Ahmed has denied having sex with the girl. The others say they did not know her age.

Police sent away Girl 5's underwear for tests in June and December 2011.

Janet Manners, a forensics scientist at LGC Foreniscs in Culham, told the court a thong she examined in June 2011 tested positive for semen from Zeeshan Ahmed.

She said the "full" DNA profile match meant there was a less than a one in one billion probability the sample came from someone unrelated to the defendant.

The forensics scientist of 38 years also said DNA from Mohammed and Assad Hussain was found in the teen's underwear from December 2011. She said there was also a less than one in a billion chance semen found was not from Assad Hussain or someone related to him.

And she said the DNA found matching Mohammed Hussain's had a one in a 9.2 million probability of not coming from him or someone related to him.

The scientist also said she could not prove the DNA came from Mohammed Hussain's semen.

She said: "It is likely it is from semen but I cannot definitely say that."

The jury were shown photographs of the underwear.

All nine men accused of running a child sex ring deny all 79 charges.

The trial continues.

The accused all deny the charges. They are:
- Kamar Jamil, 27, of Aldrich Road, Summertown, Oxford, denies four rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and one of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Akhtar Dogar, 32, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies six rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, three of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Anjum Dogar, 31, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies four rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, three of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, Oxford, denies two charges of conspiracy to rape and three of sexual activity with a child.
- Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Cowley, Oxford, denies seven rapes, four charges of conspiracy to rape, an alternative charge of conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child, two of trafficking for sexual exploitation, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, assault, conspiracy to assault, using an instrument to procure a miscarriage, and supplying a Class A drug to another.
- Bassam Karrar, 33, of Hundred Acres Close, Cowley, Oxford, denies three rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two charges of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and conspiracy to assault.
- Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, denies rape, conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child, and two charges of sexual activity with a child.
- Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, of Palmer Road, Wood Farm, Oxford, denies two charges of conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child and two charges of sexual activity with a child.
- Bilal Ahmed, 26, of Suffolk Road, Maidenhead, denies conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child and sexual activity with a child.