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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…

FFC Ltd are very pleased to establish a new collaboration with Northumbria University Centre for Forensic Science, Newcastle. Dr Matteo Gallidabino, a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, at Northumbria University, is author of numerous papers and is particularly interested in identifying gunshot residues in complex matrices through the application of advanced…

Panorama investigates the cases of two convicted murderers who have each spent almost 20 years in prison and have always protested their innocence. Their only hope of clearing their names lies with the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). Angela was instructed by BBC Panorama to review the GSR evidence presented…

BBC Scotland investigates the murder of Alistair Wilson on the doorstep of his home in Nairn in November 2004 and release a 6-episode podcast today. Fourteen years on the case remains unsolved. Mark speaks about the gun and ammunition used in the murder, a Haenel Schmeisser, a pocket pistol manufactured…

Mark’s ongoing assistance delivering firearms training through UNLIREC is featured in the Nevis pages following his recent visit to St Kitts to train the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and the Royal Barbados Police Force.  

A fresh inquest has opened into the death of a Londonderry woman shot by the Army more than 45 years ago. Kathleen Thompson, 47, a mother of six, was shot dead in the garden of her Creggan home in 1971 during an Army raid on the estate. The inquest is being heard…

Mark at the launch of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), German Funded Firearm and Ammunition Evidence Management Course (EMC) at the Police Academy, Port of Spain, Trinidad, February 27 2018, with Stephen Williams, Commissioner of Police, Andreas Haack, Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy, Glen…