Prints link accused to scene of murder

THE trial of four men accused of murdering a Framesby woman has heard i how a forensic analyst found fingerprints of two of the accused around the frame of a trapdoor at the dead woman's home.

Fingerprint expert Warrant Officer Phillip Bekker told the Port Elizabeth High Court he had found the fingerprints on the ceiling near the trapdoor during the investigation of the crime scene.

Aiden Johnson, 18, Davien Pietersen, 20, Nathaniel Swartbooi, 18, and Allister Booysen, 30, all of Greenbushes, are on trial for the murder of Taiwanese businesswoman Ruey- Lien Lin, and also face charges of housebreaking with aggravating circumstances. - Lee-Anne Butler

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