Superintendent Jones said the police were not coercing anyone into giving a blood sample.
Lawyers for both sides said the trial would focus on whether the police had coerced her confession.
His new lawyer, Paul Casteleiro, said that the police had coerced the statement, which he called "absolutely not true."
It was also claimed that the police had coerced him into making a confession by force; a claim they denied.
Did the police coerce fictitious stories of abuse from children?
He said he couldn't identify his assailants and that the police coerced him into signing the complaint.
He recorded one of the witnesses saying that the police had coerced his testimony.
He has learned that the police can and do coerce witnesses to commit perjury.
After Hauptmann's arrest, the police coerce witnesses and twist evidence.
The police eventually coerced Menda into signing a written statement.