The conclusion of the Swiss scientists of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Toxicology and Chemistry of Bern, to which the two urine samples of Georgia Bika were sent, has been made public.
These samples contained 7 and 4 grams of urine, respectively. According to the official document of the Swiss forensic experts, the samples were received on January 20, 2022.
[BR]The document, on the first page, states that the time of the "suspected incident", i.e. the sexual assault using drugs, was at 04:30 on the morning of January 1, while a urine sample was taken at 21:00 on the same day, i.e. after more than 16 hours had passed.
Here are the three pages of the Swiss report:
The toxicology report is written in English. From the translation of the text of the report the following can be deduced:
More than 16 hours elapsed between the suspected incident and the time when Georgia Bika's urine samples were taken. It is therefore likely that the ethanol had been eliminated from the body, since the rate of elimination is between 0.1 and 0.2 grams per kilogram of ethanol per hour. Analysis of the samples showed high concentrations of the direct alcohol indicators ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulphate (EtS), suggesting that a high amount of ethanol had previously been consumed, which may have resulted in a high blood alcohol concentration (above 0.8 gr per kg or higher).
The exact concentration of ethanol in the blood at the time of the event cannot be inferred from the EtG and EtS concentrations (as explained above) in the urine sample. For the theoretical calculation of blood alcohol concentration at a given time, the quantities of alcoholic beverages and the time of consumption must be known. Also, the time of the event, weight and height of the body must be known. If these data are known, then a theoretical calculation is possible.
Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB, "WATER EXTRACT") was not detectable in the urine sample sent.
Spectrometric screening - mass analysis (by high-resolution mass spectrometry) for drugs of abuse, drugs and xenobiotics (substances affecting physiological functions) did not reveal evidence of intake of exogenous substances other than caffeine, which was detected in addition to its major metabolites theobromine and theophylline in the urine sample.
What the Swiss forensic experts point out
Initially, the Swiss forensic experts point out that the urine samples in Greece were taken more than 16 hours after the incident. In that time, according to the scientists, traces of alcohol could have disappeared. In fact, it is reported that simple toxicology tests did not detect a sufficient amount of ethanol in the urine. On the contrary, a high amount was detected only when high-resolution mass spectrometric analysis was carried out. Only in this way was a large amount of alcohol consumed by Georgia Bika detected, and in conclusion the Bern forensic experts conclude that if a blood sample had been taken it would have been accurate and possible to detect the amount of alcohol in her body.
The Swiss also refer to the possibility that there was a high concentration of ethanol in the blood. However, as everyone knows and they themselves report, no blood sample was ever taken from Georgia Bika. Given the gradual elimination of alcohol from the body, and indeed at a rate, as stated above, of 0.1-0.2 grams per kilogram, alcohol could not have been detected (as it was) in Georgia's blood by simple toxicological analyses.
A second finding of the Swiss is that it becomes impossible to detect substances such as "Liquid Ecstasy", xenobiotics and drugs of abuse after so many hours have elapsed between the time of the incident and the time the urine was taken. Furthermore, the Bern forensic experts state that a theoretical calculation of the concentration of alcohol in the blood is only possible if certain data, such as the weight and height of the body and the exact time of the event - in this case the rape - are known beforehand. The Swiss suggest that these data were not sent to the laboratory in Bern either.
Particular attention should be paid to the second document in the conclusion, which refers to two types of tests: simple forensic-toxicological analysis and chromatographic-spectrometric mass analyses. This document shows that the simple toxicological analyses did not detect traces of ethanol in Georgia Bika's urine sample. On the contrary, when the forensic experts in Switzerland resorted to mass spectrometric analyses, only ethanol was detected in Georgia Bika's urine sample.
After all this, everyone can ask whether and to what extent this sequence of errors and omissions is the result of a bad coincidence alone. It is also obvious that explanations are due. Explanations because the obvious was not done, as required by the rules and regulations and protocols that are, after all, in force internationally.
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