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In our case, the court would want to reach a final judgement of whether the suspect (Mike) is guilty or innocent of the alleged crime. To be able to achieve this, the court will be interested to know the involvement of the suspect in the crime.

During the trial, the burden of proof rests with the prosecution who must, based on relevant evidence gathered in this case, including eyewitnesses, professional witnesses (such as the police) and expert witnesses (such as the forensic scientists), prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the suspect committed the crime alleged.

Conversely, the defence’s role is to cast doubt on the prosecution’s allegation and argue that the suspect is innocent and did not commit the alleged crime. The forensic science evidence (DNA and digital evidence) in this case will be crucial in understanding the involvement (or not) of the suspect in this case.

Expert witnesses, in this case forensic scientists with expertise in the areas of DNA and digital evidence, can explain how these pieces of evidence relate to the case.