Mr Comrie said. The expanded DNA testing facility, at the Victoria Forensic Science Centre in McLeod, will add extra impetus to the DNA database. The database records DNA samples of people convicted of serious offences. As the database expands, police expect investigators will have a better chance of solving both old and new crimes for which DNA samples of blood or other products have been taken. Under Victorian law, police can obtain blood and saliva samples from convicted criminals and suspects.
Police say a DNA database program in Britain is having huge success.
The program identifies and links 300 crimes each week that have no other linking evidence, thanks to DNA material left at a crime scene. We have now been able to put through a number of important and troublesome cases,'' he said. Illustrating the importance of DNA technology, Victorian police flew to England late last year to obtain a blood sample from a suspect in one of Australia's most baffling crime mysteries - the Easey Street murders of two young women more than 20 years ago. The Age Company Ltd 2000. Any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.