Forensics Testify At R Kelly’s Trial

R. KELLY’s child pornography trial has heard how a fingernail-sized mark seen on the lower back of the man in the sex tape was not a mole, but video distortion.

The troubled R+B star stands accused of videotaping himself having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

The Bump N’ Grind hitmaker’s defence team recently told a Chicago, Illinois court that the person in the explicit video could not be their client, because the two men bore key physical differences - most noticeably a dark fingernail-sized mole on the star’s back.

The jury has heard testimony from the prosecutions forensic expert, who matched a mole on the singer’s back to that of the man in the sex tape.

But on Thursday (05June08), defence witness and video analysis expert Charles Palm claims the black mark appears - and disappears - because the video has been duplicated so many times.

He says, "I see a black mark but it doesn’t appear to be a mole."

Kelly has pleaded not guilty to all 14 counts of child pornography. The trial continues.