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Three of the men charged with killing Calgarian Lukas Strasser-Hird had his blood on their clothes, an expert testified Monday.

Forensic DNA interpretation expert Jason Solinski also said Strasser-Hird’s blood was found on the shoes of two of the men charged with swarming and beating him.

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Solinski said he compared various samples taken from the shoes of Assmar Shlah and Joch Pouk to a known DNA sample of Strasser-Hird’s.

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Solinski told Crown prosecutor Ken McCaffrey he found areas on both Shlah’s left and right shoes where “blood was positively identified.”

“Those DNA typings were found to match the known sample of . . . Strasser-Hird,” he said.

Solinski said the chance a random sampling of bodily fluid from the male Caucasian population having a similar profile was one in 13 trillion.

He said a mixed profile was found on Pouk’s shoe, with the major component resulting in a similar match to Strasser-Hird.