BOSTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A Boston-area man long suspected of two 2004 rapes was formally charged after a new DNA test linked him to the crimes and excluded his twin brother. <\/p>\n
Dwayne McNair, 33, of Dedham pleaded not guilty Monday. His bail was set at $500,000. <\/p>\n
McNair had been charged earlier and spent almost two years in jail. A judge ordered him released, and prosecutors dropped the charges while the new test, which can distinguish between identical twins, was conducted. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors in Suffolk County said the test, used for the first time in Massachusetts, found there was only a 1 in 2 billion chance the DNA in the samples being tested could have come from McNair's brother, Dwight. McNair was indicted on eight counts of rape and two of armed robbery. <\/p>\n
Another man, Anwar Thomas, 32, pleaded guilty in the case in 2011. But the prosecution of McNair was stymied by the possibility the DNA could have been his brother's. <\/p>\n
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