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Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein reinvestigate the historic murders of two policemen, and the mysterious case, conviction and execution of Alfred Moore. Two policemen were shot dead in Huddersfield 1951 whilst staking out the farmhouse of suspected burglar Alfred Moore. Now, nearly 65 years later, Moore’s daughter Bronwyne…

The Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians have updated ‘Recommendations for the collection of forensic specimens from complainants and suspects’.  The advice regarding the collection of GSR in rape and sexual assault cases has been incorporated from a document produced by FFC’s Angela Shaw…

The Forensic Regulator, Gill Tully, sets out progress against last year’s priorities and those for 2018 including an update on firearms classification (section 2.3) in the latest Annual Report which can be found here:

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Medical Association in collaboration with St. Vincent & the Grenadines Bar Association are holding a two day symposium for health professionals, lawyers, police forces, prosecutors and other interested parties entitled “Forensic Pathology – The Intersection of Forensics and the Law”.  The Symposium will be held…

The 24th Annual Meeting of ENFSI Firearms/GSR Working Group was held on 11th-13th October, 2017, in Espoo, Finland.  The meeting was attended by over 120 delegates from all over Europe and with representations from the US.  A very full and stimulating scientific program was presented followed by workshops updating on…

The latest Forensic Science Regulator Newsletter, No. 29, has just been published and can be found below. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/648320/FSR_Newsletter_29.pdf

Mark continues his assistance to the UN as a Senior Advisor in Forensic Ballistics. He has just returned from Trinidad following the delivery of training in Double Casting at the Trinidad and Tobago Forensic Science Centre. Further missions to Barbados, Guyana and Bahamas are planned this year together with coordinating…

FFC Ltd was invited to speak at the Criminal Bar Association Spring Conference on Saturday 20th May 2017 at the Institute of Engineering and Technology, London. The subject was expert evidence and the CBA invited leading experts in their respective fields to present on the science behind their specialiasms with…

The 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) Firearms/GSR Working Group was held on the 4-7th October 2016 in Rome. The meeting was very well attended and offered a very stimulating and full scientific program. Angela gave a presentation discussing issues around the global reporting…

Mark returns to St. Kitts and Nevis and Barbados to deliver further training in his role as Senior Forensic Ballistics Technical Advisor for the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC). The mission aims to assist in building law enforcement capacity in…