Expert Details
Fire Investigation, Gas Explosions, Flammable Liquids, arson
ID: 730372
United Kingdom
Expert became a Director and Fire Investigator with Employer in 2012. She has worked on a wide variety of cases from criminal damage and murder. Expert has experience in examining small electrical items for the presence of faults or failures for both criminal and civil cases.
Expert is experienced in the legal process and has given evidence as an expert witness both in the UK and abroad in Crown, Coroner and Magistrates courts on many occasions.
Expert was the central fire investigator in the scene, laboratory and court presentation concerning the fire and subsequent deaths at Lakanal House, Camberwell in 2009. The scene took several days to investigation and the laboratory examination identified that the television in the room had been at fault.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2002 | Degree: MSc | Subject: Biomolecular Archaeology | Institution: UMIST |
Year: 2000 | Degree: BSc | Subject: Medical Biochemistry | Institution: University of Leicester |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2012 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Fire Investigator and Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert is a Director of Employer and continues her expertise in Fire Investigation and related subjects. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2003 to 2011 | Employer: Forensic Science Service | Title: Forensic Specialist | Department: Fire Investigation Unit |
Responsibilities:Expert began as an assistant forensic scientist in DNA and moved the fire investigation unit in 2005. There she completed her training in fire investigation and related incidents. |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 2009 to 2009 | Country / Region: Gibraltar | Summary: Expert provided flammable liquid analysis interpretation expertise and presented as an expert witness at court. |
Years: 2012 to 2013 | Country / Region: Cayman Islands | Summary: Expert reviewed a criminal case which involved the defendant allegedly throwing a gas cylinder through a window causing an explosion. The majority of the work was undertaken in the UK, with all of the information being shared digitally. Expert provided expert witness evidence at crown court in Grand Cayman, with a positive result. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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Expert has experience giving expert evidence in Magistrates, Crown and Coroners courts. |
Training / Seminars |
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Expert provides training as part of Employer to Crime Scene Investigators and Fire Investigation Officers within the UK. These courses range from short one day refresher courses to full week long practical courses. |
Vendor Selection |
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Prometheus have a network of associated and we are able to arrange many specialist techniques not always present in a fire investigation laboratory through our third party contacts including x-ray, micro array x-ray. GCMS and FTIR. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Flashburning is the microscopic examination of clothing and fabrics to determine whether or not they are heat damaged and the potential source of the heat. This is particularly useful when an item is alleged to have been in close proximity to a volatile flammable liquid ignition. |