The Local Germany

Men cannot be forced to take fatherhood tests: top court

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:48:53 +0200

Germany's top court decided on Tuesday that people's right right to know their parents is not unconditional, when it rejected an attempt by a woman to make the man she believes is her father take a DNA test.

Serial rapist caught after eight-year hunt

Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:53:00 +0100

Police finally have caught a man responsible for three rapes in northern Bavaria in 2008 after his DNA turned up at a break-in a different part of the country.

Police arrest murder suspect 25 years on

Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:21:00 +0200

German police have arrested a man on suspicion of killing a young girl more than 25 years ago, on the basis of DNA evidence, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Teenage love-biter forced on sex crime register

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:13:00 +0100

A 14-year-old boy who gave his classmate a love bite has been ordered by a court to submit a DNA sample to be stored on a biometric register of sex offenders. Germany's highest court will now investigate the case.

Two decades later, teen's murder solved by DNA

Fri, 13 May 2011 17:51:00 +0200

Twenty-four years after she was slain, the murder of a Kiel teenager has been solved using DNA evidence linked to a long-dead sex offender.

Horses domesticated more than 5,000 years ago

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:18:00 +0200

Dogs have always enjoyed wide acceptance and man’s best friend, but a German team of scientists has revealed that horses may have been domesticated more than five millennia ago.

KaDeWe heist suspects released because of twin DNA

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:51:00 +0100

Five weeks after their arrest, Berlin police have released two suspects in the spectacular robbery of the city’s KaDeWe department store because DNA tests can’t tell the identical twins apart, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported on Thursday.

Bremen coating valuables with synthetic DNA to fight theft

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:41:00 +0100

The city-state of Bremen plans to be the first place in Germany to use synthetic DNA on valuables to trace thieves, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported this week.

Forensic scientists solve puzzle of body with DNA from two people

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:28:00 +0200

Forensic scientists in Germany have been warned to be extra careful when identifying bodies from DNA after a body was found with the genes from two people.