DNA found on the gun allegedly used to murder a Dartmouth taxi driver matches that of Chaze Lamar Thompson, a Halifax jury was told Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Michelle Fisher, an expert in forensic DNA analysis, testified that theres a one-in-79-million chance that DNA swabbed from the grip of the gun belongs to a black Canadian other than Thompson. <\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Thompson is on trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court for first-degree murder in the death of Sergei Kostin, a driver for Bobs Taxi. <\/p>\n
Thompson, of Dartmouth, is accused of shooting Kostin in the head from the back seat of his cab on Johnson Road in Cherry Brook on the afternoon of Jan. 17, 2009. <\/p>\n
Kostins burned-out cab was discovered three days later, parked in woods at the end of Downey Road in North Preston. <\/p>\n
His body was found that April 1 under the roots of a fallen tree along Upper Governor Street in North Preston. <\/p>\n
Wayne McAvoy, Thompsons first cousin, led police to the body and was given immunity from prosecution after agreeing to testify for the Crown. <\/p>\n
McAvoy said a gun found by police at Thompsons sisters apartment in Dartmouth in February 2009 was the murder weapon. <\/p>\n
Part of the gun was in a couch and part was by a refrigerator. <\/p>\n
Fisher testified Tuesday that of five swabs taken from the gun, only one was suitable for a meaningful comparison. The swab was from both sides of the guns grip. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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