FORENSIC experts have confirmed human remains found buried in an old box are those of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, who was hanged 130 years ago.
• Ned Kelly poses in homemade armour
After an exhaustive 20-month investigation through historic and genetic records, scientists and doctors yesterday revealed that an almost complete skeleton found buried in a wooden axe box at the old Pentridge Prison in Melbourne were those of the famous outlaw, who was executed in 1880, aged 25.
A DNA sample taken
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