Stephen Lawrence's blood stained accused's collar, jury told

Scientific evidence shows that blood may have flown off the knife used to stab Stephen Lawrence and on to the collar of one of the two men accused of murdering him, a jury has heard.

A microscopic amount of blood was found by scientists on the jacket collar of Gary Dobson 14 years after the murder, the Old Bailey was told.

Dobson and fellow defendant David Norris deny involvement in the 1993 murder, when a gang stabbed Lawrence twice after shouting racist abuse at him.

Scientist Edward Jarman told the court that a cold case review of clothing taken from the suspects and the victim had made a series of breakthroughs and produced new evidence. The defence claims that the possibility of contamination makes the evidence unreliable.

The scientific evidence is at the heart of the crown's case, with the judge, Mr Justice Treacy, telling the jury that Jarman's appearance would be "significant".     Read Full