DNA 'doubt' in Lesley case

DNA 'doubt' in Lesley case
26 October 2007
Manchester Evening News
Nicola Dowling

A forensic expert who saw Lesley Molseed's body on the moors said the person whose DNA was on her clothes might not be her murderer. Ronald Castree, 53, of Brandon Crescent, Shaw, Oldham, is charged with sexually assaulting the 11-year-old Rochdale girl and stabbing her to death in 1975. He denies the charge. The prosecution says DNA taken from semen found in Lesley's underwear is an exact match to that taken from Castree when he was arrested on an unrelated matter in 2005.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Rochdale, Ronald Castree, Ronald Outteridge

Forensic expert tells of moor scene where girl's body found

26 October 2007
Yorkshire Post

THE only living witness to visit the place where 11-year-old Lesley Molseed was found murdered 32 years ago gave evidence in court yesterday . Ronald Outteridge, a retired forensic scientist, said he was convinced the schoolgirl was killed at the lonely moorland spot where her body was found.Ronald Castree, 54, of Shaw, Oldham, who is on trial at Bradford Crown Court, denies murdering her in October 1975.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Rochdale, Ronald Castree, Ronald Outteridge, Stefan Kiszko

Forensic expert re-lives Molseed murder scene

25 October 2007
Press Association
Amy Caulfield

A court heard evidence today from the only living witness to visit the place where 11-year-old Lesley Molseed was found murdered more than 30 years ago. Ronald Outteridge, a retired forensic scientist, told Bradford Crown Court how he went to a moor where Lesley's body was found to collect samples for testing. He was giving evidence at the trial of Ronald Castree, 54, of Shaw, Oldham, who is accused of murdering the young girl in October 1975. Cross-examining Mr Outteridge, defence barrister Rodney Jameson QC, told the jury how anyone else who visited the scene of the murder at the time had since died.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Rochdale, Ronald Castree, Ronald Outteridge, Stefan Kiszko

Trial hears from 1975 forensic expert

Trial hears from 1975 forensic expert 
25 October 2007 
Yorkshire Post

The  jury trying an Oldham man accused of murdering Lesley Molseed have heard from the only living witness to have visited the moorland spot where her body was found. Ronald Outteridge, a retired forensic scientist, described his visit to the remote moorland where Lesley's body was discovered close to the A672 between Oldham and Ripponden. He was giving evidence at the Bradford trial of Ronald Castree, 54, who is accused of murdering the young girl in October 1975.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, paedophiles, Ronald Castree, Ronald Outteridge