Belfast Telegraph

Local & National

Intermittent Clouds 5° Belfast Hi 5°C / Lo 1°C

Fingerprints 'found on murder bag'

By Claire Regan
Wednesday, 24 January 2007

Police investigating the murder of Co Armagh man Paul Crymble found two of his wife's fingerprints on the black bin bag used to suffocate him, a court heard yesterday.

A PSNI fingerprint expert told the trial of Jacqueline Crymble that two fingerprints found on the bag belonged to the accused.

Mr Crymble's body was found in his car on a remote country lane close to his Richhill home on Sunday, June 20, 2004.

His widow claimed that the 35-year-old man was tied up and abducted by a gang of masked and armed men from their home on the Ballybreagh Road in the early hours of that morning.

The crown claimed, however, that it was Mrs Crymble, of Eden Kennedy Way, Markethill, and her alleged lover, Roger Ferguson (31), of Cabragh Road, Tandragee, who carried out the murder.

The trial previously heard that forensic examinations showed the black bin bag had been pulled from a roll of bin bags found in the Crymble home.

PSNI fingerprint expert, David Trainor, told the jury that, of six prints found on the bag used to kill the victim, one matched Mrs Crymble's left little finger and one her right thumb.

Under cross-examination, her defence lawyer raised the possibility that the prints had been placed on the bag at an earlier date during the course of normal domestic chores.

Mrs Crymble and her co-accused all deny the charges. The trial continues.

Post a comment

Limit: 500 characters

View all comments that have been posted about this article

Comment
Your details

* Required field

Offensive or abusive comments will be removed and your IP address logged and may be used to prevent further submissions. In submitting a comment to the site, you agree to be bound by BelfastTelegraph.co.uk's Terms of Use.

Posts submitted in UPPERCASE letters will be rejected.

Heading Out In Northern Ireland

  • Nitelife
  • Nitelife
  • Nitelife

Northern Ireland Nightlife in Pictures

Northern Ireland Troubles

In Pictures: The Northern Ireland Troubles

A Conflict in Pictures

In Pictures: Fashion and Glamour

Fashion and Glamour

From Belfast catwalks to red carpets of LA