DNA test on Greenfields man solves burglary 12 years on

Carla Hildebrandt
Updated December 5 2018 - 8:08am, first published 8:00am
Scanlin’s lawyer Oliver Paxman told the court his client would have been 23-years-old at the time and did not recall committing the offence. Photo: Shutterstock.
Scanlin’s lawyer Oliver Paxman told the court his client would have been 23-years-old at the time and did not recall committing the offence. Photo: Shutterstock.

A Greenfields man who committed a burglary on a neighbour’s home 12 years ago has been fined after police matched his DNA with blood found at the scene. 

Carla Hildebrandt

Journalist at the Mandurah Mail

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