Background The defendant was stopped by police while driving and subsequently tested positive at the roadside for a cannabis-related compound. Due to a reported needle phobia, they were unable to provide an evidential blood sample, and a urine sample was taken instead. Because the defendant was charged under Section 4 of the Road Traffic Act…

In July 2024, Anita Rose, was brutally attacked while walking her dog in Brantham, Suffolk. Her murderer, Roy Barclay, was living off-grid in makeshift woodland camps to evade a previous prison recall. Now, over a year later, justice has finally been served. But one unlikely piece of evidence helped secure the conviction: Barclay’s walking boots….

A tragic murder case involving the dismemberment of a man whose remains were found in a reservoir has come to a close, with a guilty verdict delivered and a life sentence handed down. At the heart of the prosecution’s case was a lesser-known but powerful form of forensic science: toolmark evidence. A Disappearance That Turned…