Expert Witness

2021•2 series•Entertainment / Factual

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A look at how some of the UK's most serious and complex cases were solved by the expertise of a band of unsung heroes, the expert witnesses.

Episode 0Late Night Murder / Hounded to...

Late Night Murder / Hounded to Death. A young nurse is brutally murdered. Can a soil expert help police convict her killer?

Episode 1Cold Case Killer / Murder at the Post Office

A forensic biologist helps crack the cold-case murder of Brenda Page after 35 years.

Episode 2Sole of a Killer / Body in the Garden

A forensic ecologist and an image analyst help police find the killer of Karen Doubleday.

Episode 3Killed for Kicks / The Football Fraudster

Innovative fingerprint techniques are developed to identify a gang of violent youths.

Episode 4Body in the Bog / The Bite of a Killer

Police turn to a forensic soil expert to locate the body of a missing woman feared dead.

Episode 5The Kitchen Poisoner / Invisible Evidence

Environmental science becomes the key to linking a suspect to the scene of a crime.

Episode 6Murder in the Car Park / River of Evidence

The body of a girl is found in a suitcase. Can a blood spatter analyst nail the killer?

Episode 7Body in the Snow / From the Ashes

A fibre analyst is called when a missing persons enquiry becomes a murder investigation.

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