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During a trial at Manchester Crown Court, the ex-wife of Paul Quinn, who stands accused of a 2003 Salford attack, revealed that a shirt belonging to her husband went missing on the night of the incident. Catherine Quinn testified that Paul had gone out dancing wearing a distinct white shirt with mid-blue stripes, but the garment never returned to their home to be washed. This detail came to light amid allegations that Quinn’s DNA links him to the assault.
The attack victim had described the assailant to the police as wearing a white, collar-style shirt with horizontal stripes that was completely unbuttoned down the front. She reportedly had been grabbed from behind shortly before dawn while walking home in Little Hulton on 19 July 2003, strangled unconscious, and subsequently suffered an assault she could not fully recall. The missing shirt reportedly matches the description provided by the victim. Mrs. Quinn also mentioned that the attack was widely reported in the news due to its proximity—less than a mile from their residence—and that Paul’s absence of the shirt was notable because he owned very few and she typically took care of laundry.
In detailing the night’s events, Catherine Quinn told the court she remembered Paul returning without his shirt after a night out dancing. She described the missing shirt as short-sleeved, white with mid-blue stripes running both down and across the fabric. She added that Paul often unbuttoned or removed his shirt when dancing because he would get hot. When questioned whether she had ever commented on the missing shirt after hearing about the attack, Mrs. Quinn admitted to jokingly hoping the shirt would not turn up near the crime scene, although she believed it was still in a nightclub.
Additional testimony addressed physical descriptions given by the victim, who said she scratched her attacker’s face during the incident and noted his local accent with hints of another, as well as his hairless, shiny chest. Mrs. Quinn testified that her ex-husband naturally had a hairy upper body but shaved his chest in the summer months. There were challenges to the timeline of when Mrs. Quinn had discussed the missing shirt, but she maintained that they had talked about it around the time of the attack. Quinn, who now resides in Exeter, denies all charges, including two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm, and attempted strangulation during the assault
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