The parents of a girl found raped and murdered in a park have told a court neither of them had anything to do with killing the youngster.
Karolina Valantiniene and her husband Saidas Valantinas, who was the girl's stepfather, both called the suggestion, by a defence barrister, that they had been involved "nonsense".
The couple were giving evidence for the prosecution's case for first time at the trial of a 16-year-old boy who stands accused of murdering their daughter, Viktorija Sokolova.
Mrs Valantiniene was giving evidence before her spouse, after jurors heard that her husband's semen was found on the underwear the girl had been wearing when she was fatally attacked.
His seminal fluid was also found on a pair of white jeans belonging to Viktoria which were found with the knickers, in a bin in the park grounds.
Mr Valantinas told jurors he did not know how his DNA came to be on either item of his stepdaughter's clothing.
The boy on trial, who cannot be named because of his age, is accused of rape, murder and sexual penetration of a corpse, after the youngster's body was discovered partially-clothed by a dog walker in the city's West Park on April 12.
Adam Kane QC, representing the accused, asked Mr Valantinas: "Is the real reason why your DNA is disposed as it is, on Vikorija's knickers, because you found her in the park and that you sexually assaulted her?"
Mr Kane then asked: "Was the consequence of the sexual assault, that there then followed a violent assault, did you kill her?"
The farm labourer replied: "I did not do this, this is nonsense."