April 2021
Being a Facial Comparison Expert, my role requires me to attend Criminal Proceedings at Crown and Magistrate Courts nationwide, to present Expert Evidence. At the peak of the global pandemic the world changed and forced everybody into lockdown, subsequently requiring us all to adhere to strict social distancing. We became socially adjusted to the mandatory […]
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November 2020
Aimee Girdham graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Forensic Investigation in 2019. This is a short blog about her recent experiences that saw her finishing her degree in Stoke on Trent and then working as a Courtroom Operator in the Caribbean – Turks and Caicos Islands. My course at University was fantastic, allowing practical, hands […]
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August 2020
Man jailed for Weybridge manslaughter – A man has been jailed for killing another man after they had spent the day drinking together. Ralph Carter, 60, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Glen Hopgood, 52, in the early hours of 8 January at a house in Old Palace Road, Weybridge. Surrey Police said Carter […]
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February 2020
Nottinghamshire teen found guilty of murder – A young man who stabbed his friend in a Nottinghamshire house has been found guilty of murder. Liam Gray, 18, died at a property on Gladstone Street, Mansfield, on 1 August last year, despite his grandfather attempting to save him. Jonathan Treadgold, also 18, was convicted by a […]
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February 2020
First person in Britain to be convicted of FGM – The mother of a three-year-old girl has become the first person to be found guilty of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK. The girl’s Ugandan mother was prosecuted under FGM laws after using a ‘witch’ to help her carry out the surgery at her […]
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