Case Studies
Crime Scene services

• Colin Pitchfork

  First murder conviction on DNA evidence also clears the prime suspect

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• Kaspar Hauser

  Kaspar Hauser - the lost prince?

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• The Romanovs

  The mystery of the Russian family solved

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• Mary Gregson

  Forensics catch up with killer 20 years on

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• Philip Smith

  Scientists help catch triple murderer in ‘web’ of evidence

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• Roy Tutill

  A drink-driving offence that led to a murder

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• Sarah Payne

  Fibres evidence convicts a child killer

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• Linda Anders

  The ‘tidy’ burglar

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• Giuseppina Martorana

  The robbers willing to kill for Rolex watches

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• Marion Crofts

  ‘Time capsule’ of forensic evidence helps to trap a killer

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• Leanne Tiernan

  Compelling forensic evidence to hunt a killer

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• Mabel Leyshon

  The hunt for a vampire

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• Michael Reaney

  Forensic work links a murder with aggravated burglaries

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• Jeremy Bamber

  Family killer loses appeal on DNA grounds

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• Geraldine Palk

  Murderer jailed by last drop of evidence

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• Kevin Jackson

  Combined expertise helps jail carjacking gang

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• Operation Phoenix

  Catching up with sex offenders

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• Hyo Jung Jin and In Hea Song

  The body in a suitcase mystery solved

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• Jenna Baldwin

  Grave gives clues in stepdaughter murder

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• Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman

  School caretaker convicted after 14 months of forensic work

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• Antoni Imiela

  Hunt for M25 rapist in biggest linked police inquiry for 20 years

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• Craig Harman

  World's first prosecution using familial searching technique

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• Lesley Molseed

  Advances in DNA technology made by the Forensic Science Service have helped to solve the murder of a schoolgirl committed more than 30 years ago.

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• Baby Lily

  The body of Baby Lily was found in the River Alne in March 2006 by a young boy walking his dog in parkland in Warwickshire.

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• Hannah Foster

  Overwhelming evidence from the Forensic Science Service played a part in convicting Maninder Pal Singh Kohli of the murder of 17 year old schoolgirl Hannah Foster, after he spent more than four years on the run from justice.

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• Andrew Watkins

  An offender who had escaped detection for 16 years was convicted in May of a rape he committed back in 1991.

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• Sally Anne Bowman

  The murder of Sally Anne Bowman shocked the nation when she was stabbed to death outside her Croydon home on September 25 2005.

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• Peterborough Vote-Rigging Scandal

  Three Labour Party officials who attempted to rig the 2004 local council elections in the town have been brought to justice with the help of the Forensic Science Service

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• Steve Wright

  At the end of 2006, Suffolk Constabulary requested the Forensic Science Service’s support in one of the largest multiple murder enquiries in the county’s history.

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• Forensic Science Service assists in the conviction of six men for the murder of Hell’s Angel biker

  Firearms experts at the Forensic Science Service provided vital intelligence to police during the investigation into the murder of Hell’s Angel biker Gerry Tobin.

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