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There are a number of important updates to the FSR Codes of Practice and Conduct for forensic science providers in the Criminal Justice System. The document can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/880708/Codes_of_Practice_and_Conduct_-_Issue_5.pdf      

The 26th Annual Meeting of the ENFSI Firearms/GSR Working Group was held last week, 8-11th October 2019, in Krakow. The meeting was hosted by the Institute of Forensic Research which is the Institute of the current Chair of the Working Group Zuzanna Brozek-Mucha. The meeting was attended by over 160…

Mark has just completed two weeks in Trinidad delivering Basic Comparison Microscopy Training to IBIS technicians at the Trinidad & Tobago Forensic Science Centre (TTFSC). The mission organised by UNLIREC aimed to increase capacity at the TTFSC and assist them in tackling casework backlogs. The technicians were extremely enthusiastic and…

Mark and Angela were delighted to be invited as guest Lecturers by King’s College, London, for a group of forensic experts from the Ministry of Justice in Kazakhstan. The lectures covered the role of the expert witness in the UK, standards and competencies and methods and interpretation in GSR and…

Angela and Mark were very pleased to be asked to write an article for the Spring edition of the Criminal Bar Quarterly (CBQ) which focuses on expert evidence. The CBQ is published by the Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales and aims to keep its members up to date…

Angela has had an article published in Forensic Science International detailing the review of the GSR evidence relating to a 2002 murder involving the discharge of a pistol where the Prosecution used the GSR findings together with voice identification evidence and obtained a conviction in the case of R v…

The Herald On Sunday and the Daily Record interviewed Angela about her involvement in the case of the murder of Jill Dando and more generally what the job of a forensic scientist entails. The Herald on Sunday featured the article within their STEM campaign which aims to try attract more…

Angela was interviewed by Marcus Plowright, Director, for a BBC documentary covering the Murder of Jill Dando almost 20 years after she was fatally shot on the doorstep of her home in Gowan Avenue, London. The film examines the investigation into Jill Dando’s death which was led by Detective Chief…

Angela was very pleased to accept an invitation to attend the in-person meeting of the Organisation of Scientific Area Committee (OSAC) in Houston, Texas, on 5-8th November 2018. The meeting was attended by the Chemistry/Instrumental Analysis Scientific Area Committee (SAC) and their 6 subcommittees (includes GSR) and the Crime Scene/Death…

Principal Forensic Services (PFS) was pleased to accept an invitation to deliver training on British forensic systems and its evolvement to date to senior officials and policy makers from the Ministry of Justice of People’s Republic of China and a number of provincial offices. The training took place on the…