DJ Donald Duck's trousers stained with girlfriend's blood: forensics analyst

30 July 2015 - 17:54 By S'duduzo Dludla

A pair of trousers that contained traces of former Jozi FM DJ Donald "DJ Donald Duck" Sebolai's DNA was stained with the blood of his slain girlfriend. This was the testimony on Thursday of Captain Phineas Masetla‚ a senior forensics analyst at the police's Forensics Science Laboratory‚ in the DJ's murder trial at the Johannesburg High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court‚ southeast of Johannesburg.Sebolai‚ 38‚ is on trial for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend Flavia Rachel “Dolly” Tshabalala‚ 32‚ to death at his Soweto flat on June 29 2014.Tshabalala was found in the flat on a bed‚ half naked and in a pool of blood. She had been stabbed in the upper right thigh.Sebolai also faces charges of theft and defeating the ends of justice for allegedly stealing Tshabalala's car and removing evidence from the crime scene.He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.Masetla testified that the odds of someone other than Sebolai having the same DNA as that discovered on the trousers was one in 210 billion.He said a shirt‚ women's jeans and a towel found at the murder scene contained traces of Tshabalala's DNA‚ and the odds of the DNA belonging to someone else was one in 3.8 trillion.Under cross-examination by defence advocate Thabang Mathopo‚ Masetla said he believed the standard procedure had been followed when the items were collected for testing‚ and that small pieces of material may be cut out of a garment to be tested‚ leaving the rest of the item untested.Masetla said it was possible that the towel could also have contained some of Sebolai's DNA on portions that were not tested.Masetla also tested the knife that was found in Tshabalala's car‚ and said it did not have enough DNA on it to form a profile‚ indicating that it could have been wiped clean. The trial continues.-RDM News Wire..

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