7. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions. Some may be used more than once.

under - before -of-in- with - to

1. The accused is being kept ……… custody until the trial begins.

2. He was sentenced ……… ten years in prison for committing armed robbery.

3. The police have placed two men suspected of the kidnapping ……… arrest.

4. I was shocked to hear that Mark was accused ……… fraud.

5. 5 He's been charged ……… a crime he did not commit.

6. 6 The witness appeared ……… court and gave his testimony.

7. 7 The accused was kept ……… handcuffs throughout the trial.

8. The case was brought ……… the court.

9. When the jury reached a verdict ……… not guilty, the accused breathed a sigh of relief.

8. Fill in the gaps with words from the list below.

jury - prosecutor - arrested - prison -convicted - evidence - trial – sentenced-gang - bars - charged with

When Tina Bowles was 1) ……… by the police and 2) ……… burglary it came as a shock to the entire neighbourhood. Tina Bowles was a well-respected woman in her early forties.

At the 3) ……… the 4) ……… presented an amazing amount of 5) ……… which convinced everyone of her guilt. It was proved that she was a member of a 6) ……… which had broken into the homes of many wealthy people and stolen their valuables. It did not take long for the 7) ……… to come to a decision and Tina was 8) ……… and 9) ……… to ten years in 10) ……… Tina Bowles is now behind 11) ……… along with the other members of the gang. She hopes to be released soon, as this was her first offence.

9. Fill in the correct idiom from the list below:

caught red-handed, in cold blood, at large, doing time, on the alert

1. To avoid being mugged in large cities, one should be ……… at all times.

2. The burglar was ……… trying to break the window of the house.

3. He killed his enemy ……… and claimed that he felt no regret afterwards.

4. The police announced that a dangerous crimi­nal was ……… and advised people to remain inside with their doors and windows locked.

5. After ……… for robbery, he swore he would never commit another crime.

10. Read the questions. Be sure you've got them well in mind.

1. Whom did the police arrest in connection with the killing?

2. Why did the police free him three months later?

3. What does the test involve?

4. What does the DNA form?

5. How much time and money does test take?

11. Start scanning the text. Dna prints (a foolproof crime test)

Dawn Ashworth, 15, left a friend's house last July to walk to her home in Enderby, a village in England's East Midlands. She never made it. Two days later her body was found; she had been raped and strangled. Soon after, police arrested a 17-year-old youth in connection with that killing and an earlier, similar murder.

But three months later, convinced that the suspect was innocent of both crimes, the police freed him. How could they be so sure? By using the new technique of DNA fingerprinting they had proved that man was innocent. This month the police began using the test on blood from 2,000 Midlands men, hoping that if one of them is guilty, his DNA print will give him away.

The test involves comparing the DNA of blood or hair roots found at the scene with the DNA of a suspect. What makes it foolproof is that no two people (other than identical twins) have the same genetic characteristics. While considering this fact in 1983, Alee Jeffrets, a geneticist at the University of Leicester in England, realized it might be the basis for an important new tool in criminal investigations. The DNA from each individual, he found, formed a unique pattern — in effect a DNA fingerprint.

In the Midlands case, Jeffreys established that the DNA pattern of the 17-year-old suspect did not match those obtained during the murder investigations. The patterns of each of the 2,000 Midlands men will undergo similar scrutiny. But that may take a while. Each test involves a complicated series of steps over a period of 2 1 /2 weeks. Still, Jeffreys believes, with further refinements, and despite $ 300 price tag, the test will more than pay for itself in criminal investigations.

Note: DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid—ДНК - дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота, (носитель генетической информации)

Answer the questions.