S2E45: Debunking Case Myths

In this episode, Alison Fan tells us some of the theories she’s heard from friends, strangers and people attending the public gallery at court, as she and the team try and put some of those questions into context - some of which have come up in the trial and left open-ended, or not answered at all. Such as the question raised earlier in the week, during evidence about Ciara Glennon's fingernails being sent to New Zealand - who’s female DNA contaminated the blank control samples which were sent with Ciara Glennon’s fingernails to New Zealand in 2003? The female scientist who tested Ciara Glennon’s fingernails before they went to New Zealand took the stand today, but she wasn’t asked by the prosecution about contamination. So we’re not any closer to finding out who that female DNA belonged to. Natalie Bonjolo asks the question which many must be asking; those fingernail samples which were found to be contaminated by female DNA, which were AJM41 and AJM46 aren’t crucial to the prosecution’s case, so why do we care if they were contaminated? In this episode, Tim Clarke explains why the prosecution is going through every minute detail - whether it seems important or not - and why the defence might find the contamination on those fingernails important. The Claremont in Conversation podcast team talk myths, theories and yes, sometimes boredom in WA’s trial of the century on day 45. If you have any questions for the podcast team, or any of their guests, send them in to [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.