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[quote=GHOST,251540]Although Lesley’s clothes were destroyed in 1985, the forensic science service preserved samples of sperm on adhesive tape. Scientists were able to subject the evidence from the unsolved crime to DNA analysis in 1999 and came up with the killer’s profile.

Mr Goose said that on his arrest Mr Castree was taken to Halifax police station, where he allegedly told a custody officer: “I’ve been expecting this for years.”

It emerged that at the time of Lesley’s murder Mr Castree was living within a mile of the Molseeds. That weekend, the prosecution says, his first wife, Beverly, was in hospital with her newborn baby and he was alone.

The jury was told that almost nine months after the murder Mr Castree pleaded guilty before Rochdale magistrates to the indecent assault of the nine-year-old girl. Both the victim, who cannot be identified, and Lesley shared a similar height and weight, both suffered learning difficulties and lived close to each other.

Stefan Kiszko, an Inland Revenue tax clerk from Rochdale, had the mental and emotional age of a 12-year-old. He confessed to Lesley’s murder after two days of intensive questioning without a solicitor. Evidence emerged that cleared him in 1992 - he had a condition that meant he could not produce sperm, but semen was found at the scene. He died of a heart attack in 1993.[/quote]

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