DNA leads to arrest over 2003 bashing of Nanette Clarke in Port Lincon Port Lincoln assault victim Nanette Clarke with police officer Detective Senior Constable George Fenwick at a media conference in September, 2003. Picture: Mike Burton Source: adelaidenow DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a man over the attempted murder of a woman inside her Port Lincoln home 10 years ago. Port Lincoln and Major Crime Detectives today arrested a 31-year-old man for the attempted murder of Nanette Clarke in Bayview Road, Port Lincoln, in 2003. The man, from Adelaide's western suburbs, was arrested this morning after police identified him through DNA. Ms Clarke received severe head injuries after confronting a man who had entered her house during the evening of August 19, 2003. The Advertiser reported at the time attackers were believed to have used an iron bar and possibly a club to bash Ms Clarke. It was described by police as the worst attack in the Eyre Peninsula city for several years. Ms Clarke, who was 48 at the time, was home alone. She suffered severe head injuries and a broken arm and was found unconscious in her car. Police did not know if she crawled to the car or was dragged to it. Ms Clarke was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for surgery. "Despite extensive media campaigns by police and relatives at the time, and periodically since, no information came to hand to identify an offender," police said. What had been previously published was that a DNA profile of a male was recovered from the scene of the crime. This DNA profile remained unmatched until recently and it will be alleged the accused's DNA profile is a match to the one found at the scene in 2003. The man is expected to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court later today.