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Expert Witness explores the inside stories of how expert witnesses helped solve some of the UK's most complex major crime cases, using forensic science to reveal the hidden clues criminals leave behind. Each episode features two different cases, and hears from those involved in solving them.
When eight-year-old Sarah Payne is murdered, a pollen expert finds a vital link between the suspect and the grave. In another case, a blood spatter expert is called when a body is found in a freezer.
A twisted killer throws two suitcases containing severed remains into a canal, and it's down to a 3D-scanning expert to uncover the crucial evidence needed to convict him.
When a body is found in a wheelie bin in a lake, a cell site analyst tracks the suspects' mobile phones. And when a man disappears, a soil expert helps identify his killers.
When a killer gang use a secret language to discuss an attack, police turn to a forensic linguist. And a huge cannabis operation is brought down with the help of a drugs expert.
Untying the knot of a dressing gown cord used to kill a woman 35 years ago finally reveals her killer. And expert analysis of muddy shoes helps find the murderer of a missing student.
In a case of mistaken identity, a man is stabbed to death. An intelligence analyst helps convict the killers, and a trace evidence expert helps find the weapon used to kill a teenager.
Thirty years after six-year-old Rikki Neave was murdered, a soil expert helps convict his killer. And a wildlife forensic scientist helps police in an illegal ivory investigation.
After fire crew find a body in a burning flat, a blood spatter analyst uses an untested method to find key evidence. And a cold case is solved using familial DNA for the first time.
A teenager is found dead in the woods. A pathologist analyses her stab wounds to shed light on the attack, and when remains are found in Scotland, a crack team of experts nail the killer.
The fatal shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool. An image analyst helps detectives unmask the killer. And two experts help police convict thieves who stole ancient treasure.
A mother and her son vanish in 1976, leaving just a burnt-out car. Forty years later, a blood analyst helps police find out the truth. And a phone analyst helps find the killer of a drowned man.
Rachel Nickell was murdered in 1992. Ten years later, a team using new DNA technology finally identify her killer. In another case, a trace expert uses beer glass fragments to find an assailant.
A young boy is murdered, but his killer is not found. Thirty years on, a pollen expert finds crucial evidence. And a blood and fibre analyst helps find the killer of a shopworker.
A disabled woman is murdered and her neighbour is the prime suspect, but it takes a doctor to help put him in jail. And a linguistics expert helps convict a man stalking his ex.
The 2005 murder of a Glasgow woman goes cold, but 17 years on, a Dutch soil expert helps convict the killer. And in another murder case, a blood analyst uses an unusual technique to crack the crime.
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