BLOOD matching the DNA of the man accused of murdering a woman found with a shampoo bottle inside of her was discovered in her bedroom, a court heard.

Forensic scientist Brendan McCabe told jurors at Winchester Crown Court how he tested numerous items found in the Southampton flat of Majella Lynch following her death.

He explained that droplets of blood found on the chest of drawers in the St Mary’s Road basement flat matched the DNA profile of Daniel McBride.

He added that the chances of that blood coming from someone other than 43-year-old McBride was one in one billion.

The court also heard how two cigarette ends also found in the bedroom had traces of DNA which may have come from McBride, of St Denys Road, Southampton.

Mr McCabe said a lot of the DNA components “matched” the DNA of McBride, who denies murdering 51-year-old,

When questioned by McBride’s barrister, Oba Nsube QC, Mr McCabe confirmed that no traces matching Ms Lynch were found on McBride’s clothing when tested.

The court earlier heard from a Society of St James support worker, Katrina Marsden, who was the carer who visited Ms Lynch the most, often on a daily basis.

She told the court she was the one who had bought Ms Lynch the shampoo, which was later found in the abdomen of Ms Lynch, in the hope of encouraging her to wash a few months before her death.

As previously reported, Ms Lynch died two days after she was found with the bottle inside of her on April 18 last year. It was removed during emergency surgery but she died from infection as a result of the damage caused by the bottle.

Miss Marsden also told jurors how a few months before her death, Ms Lynch had told her that a man – not McBride – had come into her flat and threatened her with a penknife over a disagreement about either drink or money.

Proceeding.