'In his opening address, Mr Grehan told the jury that Dr Creedon's action in preserving the slide turned out to be of great significance'
The scientist who preserved key forensic evidence taken from the body of Cork woman Nora Sheehan 42 years ago happened to be on holiday at the time just kilometres from where her body was found, the Central Criminal Court has heard.
Dr Creedon said he had an involvement in the case on June 14, 1981 when he met a detective garda in Forensic Science Ireland and received exhibits. Amongst the exhibits he received were a vaginal swab, a mouth swab and an anal swab taken from the late Mrs Sheehan. Having created a slide from the vaginal swab he then examined it under the microscope. The slide was retained in the laboratory before being archived by a senior technician. He agreed that the slide went into a large archiving cabinet in the forensic science laboratory where other slides are kept.
Under cross-examination today, Dr Creedon agreed with Michael Delaney SC, defending, that the swab is a cotton bud and in creating the slide he would have removed part of the bud. He also agreed that any remaining biological material would be stored in a refrigerator and are amongst the exhibits that are returned to gardai.
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