The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) has developed a new method to demonstrate the use of lubricant after a sexual offense. It Offers The Police New Opportunities to Prove Sexual Offenses.
If a perpetrator uses a condom duration a sexual offense, the chanance of DNA traces is small. But With the Investigation Into Lubricant, Researchers Can Now Still Find out if there has been penetration with a condom, reports the nfi.
With a new analysis method, researchers can better recognize narrower amounts or lubricant. And that can be used in forensic research, explains nfi researcher Marc van Bochove.
“Suppose a suspect of a rape is arrested and the police find an open condom package in his pocket. Then it is now possible to investigate white the composition of the lubricant corresponds to traces of lubricant found on the victim.”
The Evidence Based on Lubricant is not as strong as a dna match, Says from Bochove. “But it may just be that one push in an investigation.” In Addition, The Discovery of Lubricant Can Explain Why No DNA was found.
Method is Already Used in Morality Investigations
The NFI Has Already Used The Method About Twenty Times Since Last Year at the Request of the Police in Trace Research in Morality Cases, A Spokesman Tells Nu.nl. “The Police Come Across All Kinds of Cases in which Victims Are Up Against the Wall, For Example because there are no witnesses.”
Wim ten Have, Public Prosecutor at the Rotterdam Public Prosecutor’s Office, Thinks The New Method is a Great Development. “Sexual offenses are profound for victims, but without witnesses, evidence in sexual offenses is of complicated,” he says.
“At Least Two Pieces of Evidence are needed to come to a Proven Statement. Being able to demonstrate the Presence of Lubricant can help with this.”
A Scientific Publication of the NFI About the method Will Follow Soon.