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Nealon case 14 years to find
That your DNA was never on the clothing in the first place

Jordans Fresh Enquiry Exposes Missing Evidence

Appeal findings build upon earlier media concerns over innocence of Victor Nealon

Over 14 years ago Victor Nealon was convicted of the attempted rape of a complainant , the crown relying on identification evidence and ostensibly linking the appellant to being a man with a “bump” on his head . The Court was advised there was no forensic evidence , the reality was something rather more concerning . As for the “bump” despite a lot of conjecture over the years over whether Victor Nealon could have had a transient bump which could have disappeared , the nonsensical argument

has now been exposed as medically unsupported by a leading neurosurgeon .

Strikingly 2 forensic reports now support the fact that DNA material from a male was present on the clothing and that the source of that DNA can be linked to coming form an unknown male .

That taken with the medical evidence which shows Victor Nealon could not have had a bump at the relevant day of the offence not only casts very strong doubt on the safety of his conviction but arguably goes to demonstrate that the appellant is innocent of the conviction he has fought against for 14 years .

Is there a case for compelling the Crown to undertake Speculative DNA Searches

Nealon Case exposes a disturbing unwillingness on the part of the Crown to act

In the case of Victor Nealon , the appellant can show that the DNA on the complainants clothing relates to an unknown male and not him . Yet despite this the Crown have declined to assist the defence by carrying out a DNA Search to identify the unknown male . Bearing in mind the Crown also know Mr Nealon could not have had a bump on the day of the offence - the identification evidence , one might ask why wouldn’t the Crown want to help identify the possible real culprit for this offence .

This raises the considerable public concern of whether it can be right for the Police to be able to collect DNA samples at will but then not use those samples to assist in miscarriage of justice cases when there is clear evidence that they should act .

It might be said therefore that there should arguably be an obligation placed upon the Crown to carry out such searches in any case where forensic

evidence identifies that another DNA profile may be the source of DNA material .

Arguably in Nealon case there is a man whose DNA can be linked to the clothing who is the person responsible , it would be very interesting if he had a bump to his head or had such a feature at the relevant time .