LONDON - A man who set a ferocious dog on a 16-year-old boy in a London park before stabbing him to death was jailed Friday after police used DNA profiling to identify the animal.

Chrisdian Johnson, 22, was put behind bars for at least 24 years after being found guilty of the murder of rival gang member Seyi Ogunyemi and the attempted murder of his friend Hurui Hiyabu.

Johnson was convicted after forensic analysis showed blood found on him and at the scene of the attack in south London came from his dog Tyson, a Staffordshire bull terrier-bull mastiff cross.

"You used two fearsome weapons. The first was your pitbull cross dog, which I have no doubt you had trained to attack and bring down your prey," Judge Christopher Moss said. "The second was the knife with which you stabbed Seyi Ogunyemi to death."

It is thought to be the first time that police in Britain have used recently developed "dog DNA" techniques to secure the conviction of a killer.

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