Nikita Burns of Carrick, Co Donegal and Alan Vial, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, Co Donegal have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert ‘Robin’ Wilkin (66)
Nikita Burns of Carrick, Co Donegal and Alan Vial, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, Co Donegal have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert ‘Robin’ Wilkin
The trial also heard from Det Gda Jeanette O’Neill, a ballistics expert with the Garda Technical Bureau, who told Bernard Condon SC for the prosecution that she found the rock on the edge of the Sliabh Liag cliffs near a viewing point used by tourists. However, Det Gda O’Neill agreed with Eoin Lawlor SC, for Ms Burns, that if Mr Wilkin’s head had been in the area of the car’s centre console, it would be reasonably possible that a rock brought down from the driver’s side would have caused the spatter observed on the roof and window.
Dr Young told Mr Condon that he analysed the blood found on the rock, the roof of the Passat, and part of the back car seat. In each case the DNA matched that of Robert Wilkin. The blood on the roof, he said, indicated that force was applied to the blood of Mr Wilkin in this area. The saturation staining on the car seat, he said, indicated that Mr Wilkin bled heavily in this location.
Samples taken from inside and outside a vacuum cleaner that the prosecution alleges was used to clean the Volkswagen, tested positive for blood. However, Dr Young said the samples provided insufficient DNA to generate a profile.
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