DNA evidence matching an accused's profile is not the only evidence capable of supporting a conviction where there is additional circumstantial evidence including admissions, physical evidence, and witness testimony. A trial judge is not obliged to repeat every argument advanced by defence counsel in the summing up, provided the defence case as a whole is accurately and fairly put. A trial judge may comment that a defence explanation is 'rather extraordinary' provided the jury is clearly told the facts are for them alone to decide.
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