Sunday, 16 September 2012

Expert Witness

Technical evidence is a common feature in today’s criminal trials. Whether CCTV footage of an armed robbery, paedophilic images stored on a computer, or text messages recovered from telephones seized as part of a drug conspiracy – electronic evidence may have a profound effect upon the proceedings and be fundamental in establishing innocence or guilt. The investigation, analysis, and presentation of findings to the court is conducted by a subject matter specialist; an individual that is known in a legal sense as an ‘Expert Witness’. The concept...

Monday, 23 July 2012

An 11 year old girl has been placed under Police protection after receiving death threats from users on the anonymous 4chan online image boards. The girl known as 'Jessi Slaughter', initially posted a video of herself insulting users on a teen gossip which was posted on the 4chan boards for all users to see. Her full name, phone number, address details and other sensitive data were then posted on the website for users to play pranks on her. Jessi and her family were then placed under Police protection after receiving death threats and other abuse...