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Mark quoted in The Guardian regarding the Issue of Gun Control
“It was very rare that there was ever leakage from the licensed gun owners to the criminal fraternity. Most guns used by criminal are either illegally imported or converted weapons. And that remains the case today…” . – Mark quoted in The Guardian regarding the Issue of Gun Control: (published…
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Mark quoted in The Guardian re the use of AK-47 weapons
“It’s a very simple piece of kit,” said Mark Mastaglio, a UK-based ballistics expert. – as quoted in The Guardian December 29, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/29/why-jihadi-terrorists-swapped-suicide-belts-kalashnikov-ak-47s
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Mark delivers first training course as Senior Forensic Ballistics Technical Adviser for the UN
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) has been providing Latin American and Caribbean Member States with technical assistance to improve capabilities for small arms control, including law enforcement training to combat illicit trafficking, legal reforms, stockpile management and the…
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Angela presents at British Academy of Forensic Sciences
Angela was invited by Professor Robert Flanagan (Chairman) of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences to speak on Wednesday 13th May 2015 on the topic of Essential Elements of Gunshot Residue Evidence. The event was held at the very impressive Gordon Museum of Pathology, King’s College London, and was well…
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Angela presents at Forensics Europe Expo 2015
Forensic Europe Expo is the only dedicated international forensics exhibition and conference. This year it was organised in collaboration with the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. At the request of Forensics Europe Expo 2015 Angela presented on the topic of ‘GSR Evidence in Homicide Investigations’. This was part of a…
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Not guilty verdict in Bermuda attempted murder case in which Angela provided crucial GSR evidence
Blaine Simmons, 20, charged with shooting a man in Somerset, Bermuda, has been found not guilty by a jury after a three week trial at the Supreme Court in Bermuda. Mr Simmons had denied attempting to murder Lo’Torean Durrant, 23, and using a firearm to commit an indictable offence in…
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Mark interviewed by BBC London News re submachine gun plot
Convicted robber Alexander Mullings, 24, used Parcelforce to smuggle in the Skorpion sub-machine guns after ordering them from his prison cell using a smart phone. Officers from the Metropolitan Police seized three of the weapons as they were being delivered to addresses in London. However, at least five more of the…
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Mark interviewed for BBC London News re Alps Murder
Zaid al-Hilli told BBC London’s Alex Bushill that he fears important evidence may have been missed in the investigation into the murder of his brother and family in the Alps in 2012 and has called for a public enquiry. Mr al-Hilli says he was told his murdered brother’s passport was…
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Angela’s work for the CCRC crucial in Appeal Court decision to quash murder convictions
Dwaine George who was sentenced to life for the shooting of a teenager has been cleared of his murder at the Court of Appeal. Mr George, 30, was jailed in 2002 after teenager Daniel Dale was shot dead in Miles Platting, Manchester. He was convicted on the basis of particles…
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FFC Accepted as Assessors (Practitioners) for the CSoFS
Mark and Angela are very pleased to have been accepted as assessors (practitioners) for The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences in their respective fields of Firearms and Gunshot Residue respectively.
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