Since the defendant had admitted being present at the murder scene, such tests would have thrown no light on the identity of the true culprit.

既然被告已经承认在犯罪现场出现过，这样的检测对于鉴别真正的罪犯本该毫无意义。

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According to the local Coptic bishop, Father Wissa, the police had been determined to resolve the murder of two Christian farmers by finding a Christian culprit, so as to lay to rest any possibility of a sectarian motive.

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