Review supports DNA technique
11.33 Fri Apr 11 2008
Police have been told a controversial technique using tiny samples to obtain DNA profiles is scientifically sound.
Britons seek to have DNA destroyed
08.37 Wed Feb 27 2008
Two British men who were cleared of crimes have launched a human rights challenge to have their DNA samples destroyed.
Fibres 'linked to accused' in prostitute killing
16.02 Mon Feb 04 2008
Fibres linked to a forklift driver accused of murdering five prostitutes were found on one of the bodies, a court has heard.
Baby girls swapped at birth
14.09 Wed Oct 10 2007
Ten months after their daughter was born, a young Czech couple has discovered she is not their biological child.
WWI soldiers laid to rest 90 years on
19.25 Thu Oct 04 2007
Five Australians have been laid to rest with full military honours 90 years after their deaths during World War I.
DNA profile taken every 45 seconds
15.56 Thu Aug 02 2007
A person's DNA profile is taken every 45 seconds and this number may rise after police were urged to spread their net wider.
Eddie Murphy undergoes paternity test
08.55 Tue Jun 12 2007
Hollywood funnyman Eddie Murphy has reportedly checked in for a paternity test after a court ordered him to give a DNA sample.
Life sentence for landlord murderer
15.53 Wed May 09 2007
A man whose DNA linked him to the murder of a former pub landlord has been jailed for life.
Six-week test for baby's gender
10.57 Fri May 04 2007
Women in Britain can now discover the gender of their unborn baby just six weeks into their pregnancy.
Doubts over DNA evidence
13.22 Fri Apr 13 2007
Forensic experts are reviewing hundreds of criminal cases amid fears that crucial DNA evidence could have been overlooked.