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...