Health data has provided crucial evidence at a trial in Germany, in which a refugee is accused of rape and murder.<\/p>\n
Apple’s Health App accurately records steps and has been pre-installed on the iPhone 6S and newer models.<\/p>\n
Data suggesting the suspect was climbing stairs could correlate to him dragging his victim down a riverbank and climbing back up, police said.<\/p>\n
The accused – Hussein K – has admitted his guilt but disputed some details.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old medical student Maria Ladenburger was murdered in October 2016 and the trial – at the district court in Freiburg – started in September.<\/p>\n
Ms Ladenburger was raped and drowned in the River Dresiam.<\/p>\n
The suspect – identified by a hair found at the scene of the crime – refused to provide police with the PIN code to his phone so investigating officers turned to an unnamed cyber-forensics firm in Munich, which broke into the device.<\/p>\n
The health data app on iPhones records activity – including how many steps are taken, nutrition and sleep patterns as well as various body measurements such as heart rate.<\/p>\n
As well as locating Hussein’s movements, the phone also suggested periods of more strenuous activity, including two peaks, which the app put down to him “climbing stairs”.<\/p>\n
An investigator of similar build to the suspect went to the area where the body was found and recreated how the police believe he disposed of the body.<\/p>\n
The police officer’s movement data on the same app showed him also “climbing stairs”.<\/p>\n
“For the first time, we correlated health and geo-data,” chief of police Peter Egetemaier told the court, according to\u00a0German paper Die Welt.<\/p>\n
Complicating the trial are attempts to pin down Hussein’s real age.<\/p>\n
He initially claimed that he was 17 but his father, tracked down to Iran, has disputed this.<\/p>\n
Age will play a part in sentencing. The maximum for someone under 18 is 10 years, whereas the adult sentence for such a crime could be up to 30 years.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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