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  • "So the law has taken over 27 years to admit that they were happy to convict the wrong man, in order to close a murder enquiry. DNA profiling has been around for most of those 27 years, why didn't the police double check Robert Hodgson's DNA with the DNA found at the scene by forensics at anytime within those 3 decades?"
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New bid to find killer of Teresa De Simone

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A FRESH investigation using DNA evidence to find the killer of a Southampton barmaid is underway as the man who had been jailed for the 30-year-old crime looked set to be freed.

Police are working on finding the owner of cruicial DNA evidence that they hope will lead them to the killer of Teresa De Simone.

The inquiry comes just 24 hours after it was revealed Robert Hodgson, also known as Sean, who has spent 27 years in prison for her murder could not have carried out the crime.

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