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(ANSA) - Milan, March 23 - A defense lawyer for the
construction worker suspected of murdering schoolgirl Yara
Gambarisio will argue that DNA evidence is not sufficient to
warrant his being sent for trial, judicial sources said Monday.
The lawyer acting on behalf of Massimo Bossetti, a father
of three who repeatedly has insisted he is innocent, intends to
argue there are no grounds for indictment due to apparent
inconsistencies in DNA evidence, the sources said.
Bossetti was arrested and jailed in June and charged with
murder following DNA testing of the local population as part of
the murder investigation.
His DNA was found on 13-year-old Yara but he has maintained
he has no idea how it got there.
Since then, forensic experts said they have also found
traces of the fabric from seats in Bossetti's van on the
leggings worn by Yara on the day she was killed.
Defence lawyer Claudio Salvagni will focus on the apparent
difference between the DNA found on the leggings and
mitochondrial DNA found on hair nodules on the girl's body that
is allegedly not Bossetti's.
Judges, who earlier rejected a request for Bossetti to be
released from jail, conceded that there was an apparent
"contradiction" in the DNA evidence that they described as
"questionable".
The judges said then that the "anomaly" denounced
previously by the defense lawyer "does not find a clear
solution" and required additional study.















