Antoni Imiela denies nine counts of rape

DNA evidence taken from the ear of a victim of an alleged serial rapist after he bit her, matches the man who is standing trial for the crimes, a court has heard.

Antoni Imiela is accused of raping the 30-year-old woman as she jogged near her home in Earlswood, Surrey, in July 2002.

He denies the charge along with eight other rape counts against girls and women in Berkshire, west London and Hertfordshire during 2001 and 2002.

On Thursday Maidstone Crown Court heard from a forensic scientist who said the chances of the DNA "bands" taken from the left ear of the woman, matching anyone other than Mr Imiela were about 114 million to one.

Denies all charges

The woman told in a police statement how she was tied with her own bra during the attack during which her ear was bitten.

Scientist Valerie Tomlinson said the sample taken from the victim's ear had shown DNA "bands" which were compared with the genetic profiles of Mr Imiela and the woman's husband.

She said: "Based on the assumption that these bands were from a single male individual this could not be from (her husband) but were all represented together in the profile of Antoni Imiela"

"If the DNA represented in the additional component was from an unknown person unrelated to Antoni Imiela then the chances of obtaining a matching DNA profile would be in the order of one in 114 million."

On Tuesday the court heard how DNA evidence found at the scene where a 10-year-old girl was raped in Ashford, Kent, also matched the profile of the defendant.

Mr Imiela, of Appledore, near Ashford, denies all charges, and also denies the kidnap, attempted rape and indecent assault of a 10-year-old girl in Birmingham in November 2002.

The trial continues.