Jul 20, 2026 · 27 min · 11 segments
The defence’s opening statement may have only taken 25 minutes, but in that time, Bradley Robert Edwards' defence lawyer, Paul Yovich dropped a bombshell. He claimed crucial DNA samples - which the…
Tim Clarke
Natalie BonjoloHost
Alison FanGuest
if either of you have the answer to this, but I just wonder how many times has DNA been cross-checked against this database over the past 20 years, do you think? Well, I think too [laughs] what the, uh, defense lawyer said today, Paul Ovich, he's gonna question a lot, isn't he, Tim, about the, uh, contamination prospects, the storage?
Um, so Paul Ovich has basically been on the, uh, you know, he's been ducking and weaving and parrying for three years.
He's never really been able to get on his feet and say, "Listen, this is what I'm gonna say," and today he did, and as I said at the start, 25 minutes it took him.
So he said the, the main bombshell, four, he's saying four samples, [clears throat] excuse me, four samples that were taken from, um, during the investigation, um, uh, three from t- the, the, the bodies of Jane and, and Kira, and one from a branch that was on top-
... had, um, DNA of a completely unrelated victim of a completely unrelated crime on it.
And so, well, the, I mean, there's your, the, uh, what, that's what Mr. Ovich was saying, "Well, there's your reasonable doubt."
if either of you have the answer to this, but I just wonder how many times has DNA been cross-checked against this database over the past 20 years, do you think? Well, I think too [laughs] what the, uh, defense lawyer said today, Paul Ovich, he's gonna question a lot, isn't he, Tim, about the, uh, contamination prospects, the storage?
Um, so Paul Ovich has basically been on the, uh, you know, he's been ducking and weaving and parrying for three years.
He's never really been able to get on his feet and say, "Listen, this is what I'm gonna say," and today he did, and as I said at the start, 25 minutes it took him.
So he said the, the main bombshell, four, he's saying four samples, [clears throat] excuse me, four samples that were taken from, um, during the investigation, um, uh, three from t- the, the, the bodies of Jane and, and Kira, and one from a branch that was on top-
... had, um, DNA of a completely unrelated victim of a completely unrelated crime on it.
And so, well, the, I mean, there's your, the, uh, what, that's what Mr. Ovich was saying, "Well, there's your reasonable doubt."
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Detectives tail suspect into cinema for clue.
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Defense unveils alarming lab DNA mix-up claim.
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