One Swab: Mark Dixie and the Murder of Sally Anne Bowman
In September 2005, 18-year-old model Sally Anne Bowman was killed on the driveway of her family home in Croydon, and the killer's DNA matched no one on file. Nine months later, a chef arrested after a scuffle on a World Cup night gave a routine swab, and it led police to Mark Dixie. Convicted at the Old Bailey in 2008, his case reignited the debate over a national DNA register.
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