DNA from teenager Kellon Hill was found on clothing allegedly belonging to three defendants accused of his murder, Supreme Court heard yesterday.

Expert witness Candy Zuleger said a match to Mr. Hill was found on a blood-stained yellow T-shirt that the Police seized from Kellan Lewis.

Another match was found on the interior pocket of black jeans taken from Gary Hollis that also tested positive for blood.

A third match to the victim showed up on a red T-shirt belonging to Kevin Warner, although the expert did not state if this had blood on it.

The victim's blood was found on the broken-off handle of a walking cane and his skin cells on the handle of a screwdriver recovered from the scene, said Ms Zuleger who runs a laboratory called Trinity DNA solutions in Florida.

Mr. Hill, 18, died after being stabbed as he left a party at Elbow Beach late on the night of August 9.

Five teenagers are facing charges of murder and weapons possession. Prosecutors alleged when opening the case that Lewis, 17, and Hollis, 16, snatched a gold chain from around Mr. Hill's neck.

A fight ensued, and Warner, 19, Devon Hairston, 18, and a girl, Zharrin Simmons, 17, are alleged to have joined the other two in striking Mr. Hill.

Next, Lewis is alleged to have removed a knife from his pants and stabbed the victim around his chest and body, before Simmons stuck Mr. Hill with a screwdriver.

The court heard Mr. Hill stayed on his feet and tried to get away but was struck with a walking cane by Warner who used so much force that it broke. The defendants deny all the charges.

Giving evidence yesterday, Ms Zuleger explained that Bermuda Police Service sent her a hair sample from Mr. Hill, which enabled her to get a DNA profile for him.

Ms Zuleger listed complex statistics for the chances of another person having the same DNA profile as Mr. Hill, before explaining to the jury: "In layman's terms, you're not expecting to see this profile again."

Ms Zuleger explained that the screwdriver was swabbed for skin cells in "an attempt to find out who was the last person who handled it or was in contact with that item."

Prosecutor Michael McColm asked what would need to have occurred for Mr. Hill's skin cells to be on the screwdriver handle.

The expert replied: "Well, there has to be some sort of contact between the item and some sort of skin on him for there to be that transfer and it would have had to be fairly recent, since that was the only profile that I had obtained."

She said Hollis' black jeans appeared to be wet or very dirty and they had a lot of sand on them.

Ms Zuleger is due to continue her evidence today.