A trial has heard details of DNA found on a teenager's underwear linked to the man accused of her murder.
Jurors have already been told Angus Sinclair claims Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, both 17, were "alive and unharmed" when he left their company.
The girls were last seen at the World's End pub in Edinburgh on October 15, 1977.
Christine's body was found the following afternoon at Gosford Bay in Aberlady, East Lothian, while Helen's was discovered a few hours later in a wheat field near Haddington.
Sinclair, 69, is on trial at the High Court in Livingston, where he denies raping and murdering the girls.
He is accused of carrying out the attacks along with his brother-in-law, Gordon Hamilton, who is now dead.
Earlier this week jurors heard Sinclair's version of events, described as his "recollection", when a section of a defence report was read to the court.
It stated he had "consensual sexual intercourse" with Christine followed by Helen, and that Hamilton had "sex with both girls in the opposite order".
Sinclair claims Hamilton then drove him back to East Lothian as he wanted to continue fishing. He said the girls were "alive and unharmed" when he left.
The report was read out during the evidence of forensic scientist Geraldine Davidson, who works with English-based company Cellmark.
During her third day of giving evidence, she talked through DNA analysis carried out on pants found beside Helen's head.
One of the areas was on the outside front left-hand side, which revealed a mixed DNA profile. She said that in her opinion Sinclair could have contributed to this profile. The results were sent for further analysis and there was "extremely strong support" found for both Sinclair and Hamilton to be contributors, she said.
Ms Davidson was asked by Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland, prosecuting, to discuss her findings in relation to the gusset area.
She told the court the absence of a significant amount of DNA evidence in that section did not fit with the underwear having been put back on after sex.
Two days earlier, Ms Davidson previously talked the court through an analysis of DNA found on underwear used to gag Christine.
The findings could support the suggestion the teenager had not put her underwear on after intercourse, the witness said.
Defence QC Ian Duguid has not yet had the opportunity to question Ms Davidson.
Sinclair denies the charges against him and has submitted three special defences: incrimination - blaming his brother-in-law; alibi - saying he was fishing on the banks of the Firth of Forth near Cockenzie power station at the time; and consent to sexual intercourse.
The trial before Lord Matthews resumes on Monday, when Ms Davidson will continue giving evidence.
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