Additionally, they criticized the absence of fingerprint analysis on the pistol and suggested that secondary DNA transfer could have contaminated the evidence. Defense noted that a DNA allele listed in the report did not appear on the electropherogram, pointing to possible discrepancies.
Kizimula also admitted that "stutter," a common artefact in DNA analysis, was manually removed from the report, which defense lawyers argue could have potentially altered the accuracy of the results.
Yet these questions are ones we cannot avoid or run away from. The widow's injury aside, the prosecution appeared to try to prove that Henry was shot from the left side, with the bullet entering through the left ear.
Nyagweso's unexpected language barrier led to an adjournment of the trial until August 20, as the court struggled to find an interpreter fluent in Ruyankole, her native language.