Unit 3: Crime scene to Courtroom AC 1.1 and AC 1.2: Real life case studies which could be Ashlawn School: Criminology
referred to.
AC 1.1 and 1.2: Real life cases to apply.
Case When? What happened? Link to AC 1.1 Link to AC 1.2
Where?
The Stephen Lawrence murder On the 22nd 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence is (-) Police failings lead to suspects not being jailed until 2012 and even (+) Covert surveillance: Police placed hidden cameras in
April 1993. stabbed to death in an them only some of them. Macpherson report cites institutional racism in Gary Dobsons flat showing them playing with knives.
Eltham, unprovoked attack at a London the Met Police.
London bus stop. (-) CHIS: Police officer Peter Francis sent undercover to
infiltrate Lawrence family to spy to their campaign for
justice.
The London Heathrow Heist 2004 May 2004. They planned a raid to steal (+) Police investigation and surveillance allowed them to know in (+) Covert surveillance: Police information tipped them
London diamonds and cash and gold. It advance where the thieves were planning to target and be able to be there off about the suspect John Beech who they surveilled.
Heathrow would have been the biggest waiting to catch them red handed. Their surveillance allowed them to witness the offenders
Swissport robbery on UK soil worth £33 drop a map on the side of a van from which they were able
depot. million. to identify the target of the heist and ambush offenders.
The Brian Keating murder October 2002. Mr Keating was beaten to death (+) Forensic specialists: Dog hair found on the face of Mr Keating was (+) Forensics: They were able to extract a DNA profile
Pontefract, with a sledgehammer and a sent to California for examination by an expert in canine DNA. She was from a canine and with the help of forensics experts be
West baseball bat by a gang which able to ascertain that the hair found in the van belonged to one of the able to prove that the dog hair on the victim's face placed
Yorkshire. burst into his home in Pontefract, suspects & was the same hair found in the back of their van. him in the back of the van of one of the suspects.
West Yorkshire, in October
2002.
(+) SOCO retrieved the dog hair from the face of Brian & able to clearly
to show it was from a dog & that Brian did not have a dog so must have
come from offender.
The murder of Alice Ruggles October 2016, Miss Ruggles was murdered at (-) Police were aware that Miss Ruggles was being stalked, even (+) Surveillance: CCTV. Dhillon's movements were seen
Gateshead, her home after being stalked by contacting them a few days before her death regarding his behaviour. clearly on CCTV and ANPR from the victim's phone
Tyne & Wear. her former partner. Police asked if she wanted him arresting and she said no, an independent which was taken from the scene located it at the barracks
review found the police should have arrested him regardless because of which Dhillon worked.
the nature of the offence. They also failed to add a previous domestic (+) Forensics: Blood on the bracelet & steering wheel
violence incident on his record. were analysed as the victims.
(+) SOCO were able to extract Alice’s blood from his ‘help for heroes’
bracelet & from the steering wheel of his car.
White House farm murders August 1985, Nevill and June Bamber were (+) Forensic specialists were able to identify a splatter of blood from (+) Forensics: Sheila’s blood was identified on the
Essex. shot & killed inside their Miss Caffell on a silencer which was found in another location in the silencer, allowing detectives to realise their initial line of
farmhouse, along with their house to where her body was found. This also showed that with the enquiry was mistaken.
adopted daughter, Sheila Caffell, silencer on it was too long for Miss Caffell to shoot herself.
& Sheila's six-year-old twin
sons, Daniel and Nicholas (+) Pathologists found there were two shots fired on Miss Caffell and
Caffell.
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, Unit 3: Crime scene to Courtroom AC 1.1 and AC 1.2: Real life case studies which could be Ashlawn School: Criminology
referred to.
AC 1.1 and 1.2: Real life cases to apply.
although possible for this to happen it was, “uncommon”.
(-) Police allowed Bamber to burn evidence in house & even released
victims' bodies for cremation.
The murders of Lynda Mann & Lynda Mann and Dawn (+) Forensics: This is the first case of DNA profiling being used in a (-) Interviews: Robert Buckland confessed falsely to the
Dawn Ashworth Ashworth were both raped and forensic investigation. It both helped to exonerate Robert Buckland and murder of one of the victims and was nearly jailed for it.
November murdered as they walked home. convict Colin Pitchfork.
1983 & July They lived in neighbouring (+) Forensics: DNA was able to prove conclusively than
1986, villages in Leicestershire and Robert Buckland was innocent and allowed them to find
Leicestershire. murdered by serial killer Colin and convict Colin Pitchfork which showed DNA matched
Pitchfork in 1983 and 1986. sample retrieved from victims.
Case When? What happened? Link to AC 1.1 Link to AC 1.2
Where?
The murder of Colette Aram 30th October Colette was abducted, raped & strangled (+) Police: An astute detective seized a paper towel with blood on (+) Database: DNA kept on the database from Colette’s
1983, Keyworth, as she walked from her home to her it after a report from a landlady about a suspicious person in with murder was kept on the database and eventually showed a
Nottinghamshire boyfriend's house by Paul Hutchinson. blood on his hands on the night Colette was abducted. This proved familial match leading police to the murderer.
. crucial later in obtaining a DNA profile. Police also preserved a
fingerprint from a taunting letter sent by the offender, which later (-) Database: Murderer himself never ended up on the
linked to the murderer. database, poor coincidence his son did which triggered the
match.
(+) Forensics: DNA evidence was crucial in the
breakthrough in this case. It was even possible to prove
Paul Hutchinson’s lie it was his brother who was dead &
not him. DNA proved this a lie.
The case of Sally Clark 1996, 1998 Clark's first son died in December 1996 (-) Pathologist: Failed to disclose to the defence a bacterial
within a few weeks of his birth. Her infection was present in both boys at the time of death which could
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referred to.
AC 1.1 and 1.2: Real life cases to apply.
Case When? What happened? Link to AC 1.1 Link to AC 1.2
Where?
The Stephen Lawrence murder On the 22nd 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence is (-) Police failings lead to suspects not being jailed until 2012 and even (+) Covert surveillance: Police placed hidden cameras in
April 1993. stabbed to death in an them only some of them. Macpherson report cites institutional racism in Gary Dobsons flat showing them playing with knives.
Eltham, unprovoked attack at a London the Met Police.
London bus stop. (-) CHIS: Police officer Peter Francis sent undercover to
infiltrate Lawrence family to spy to their campaign for
justice.
The London Heathrow Heist 2004 May 2004. They planned a raid to steal (+) Police investigation and surveillance allowed them to know in (+) Covert surveillance: Police information tipped them
London diamonds and cash and gold. It advance where the thieves were planning to target and be able to be there off about the suspect John Beech who they surveilled.
Heathrow would have been the biggest waiting to catch them red handed. Their surveillance allowed them to witness the offenders
Swissport robbery on UK soil worth £33 drop a map on the side of a van from which they were able
depot. million. to identify the target of the heist and ambush offenders.
The Brian Keating murder October 2002. Mr Keating was beaten to death (+) Forensic specialists: Dog hair found on the face of Mr Keating was (+) Forensics: They were able to extract a DNA profile
Pontefract, with a sledgehammer and a sent to California for examination by an expert in canine DNA. She was from a canine and with the help of forensics experts be
West baseball bat by a gang which able to ascertain that the hair found in the van belonged to one of the able to prove that the dog hair on the victim's face placed
Yorkshire. burst into his home in Pontefract, suspects & was the same hair found in the back of their van. him in the back of the van of one of the suspects.
West Yorkshire, in October
2002.
(+) SOCO retrieved the dog hair from the face of Brian & able to clearly
to show it was from a dog & that Brian did not have a dog so must have
come from offender.
The murder of Alice Ruggles October 2016, Miss Ruggles was murdered at (-) Police were aware that Miss Ruggles was being stalked, even (+) Surveillance: CCTV. Dhillon's movements were seen
Gateshead, her home after being stalked by contacting them a few days before her death regarding his behaviour. clearly on CCTV and ANPR from the victim's phone
Tyne & Wear. her former partner. Police asked if she wanted him arresting and she said no, an independent which was taken from the scene located it at the barracks
review found the police should have arrested him regardless because of which Dhillon worked.
the nature of the offence. They also failed to add a previous domestic (+) Forensics: Blood on the bracelet & steering wheel
violence incident on his record. were analysed as the victims.
(+) SOCO were able to extract Alice’s blood from his ‘help for heroes’
bracelet & from the steering wheel of his car.
White House farm murders August 1985, Nevill and June Bamber were (+) Forensic specialists were able to identify a splatter of blood from (+) Forensics: Sheila’s blood was identified on the
Essex. shot & killed inside their Miss Caffell on a silencer which was found in another location in the silencer, allowing detectives to realise their initial line of
farmhouse, along with their house to where her body was found. This also showed that with the enquiry was mistaken.
adopted daughter, Sheila Caffell, silencer on it was too long for Miss Caffell to shoot herself.
& Sheila's six-year-old twin
sons, Daniel and Nicholas (+) Pathologists found there were two shots fired on Miss Caffell and
Caffell.
1
, Unit 3: Crime scene to Courtroom AC 1.1 and AC 1.2: Real life case studies which could be Ashlawn School: Criminology
referred to.
AC 1.1 and 1.2: Real life cases to apply.
although possible for this to happen it was, “uncommon”.
(-) Police allowed Bamber to burn evidence in house & even released
victims' bodies for cremation.
The murders of Lynda Mann & Lynda Mann and Dawn (+) Forensics: This is the first case of DNA profiling being used in a (-) Interviews: Robert Buckland confessed falsely to the
Dawn Ashworth Ashworth were both raped and forensic investigation. It both helped to exonerate Robert Buckland and murder of one of the victims and was nearly jailed for it.
November murdered as they walked home. convict Colin Pitchfork.
1983 & July They lived in neighbouring (+) Forensics: DNA was able to prove conclusively than
1986, villages in Leicestershire and Robert Buckland was innocent and allowed them to find
Leicestershire. murdered by serial killer Colin and convict Colin Pitchfork which showed DNA matched
Pitchfork in 1983 and 1986. sample retrieved from victims.
Case When? What happened? Link to AC 1.1 Link to AC 1.2
Where?
The murder of Colette Aram 30th October Colette was abducted, raped & strangled (+) Police: An astute detective seized a paper towel with blood on (+) Database: DNA kept on the database from Colette’s
1983, Keyworth, as she walked from her home to her it after a report from a landlady about a suspicious person in with murder was kept on the database and eventually showed a
Nottinghamshire boyfriend's house by Paul Hutchinson. blood on his hands on the night Colette was abducted. This proved familial match leading police to the murderer.
. crucial later in obtaining a DNA profile. Police also preserved a
fingerprint from a taunting letter sent by the offender, which later (-) Database: Murderer himself never ended up on the
linked to the murderer. database, poor coincidence his son did which triggered the
match.
(+) Forensics: DNA evidence was crucial in the
breakthrough in this case. It was even possible to prove
Paul Hutchinson’s lie it was his brother who was dead &
not him. DNA proved this a lie.
The case of Sally Clark 1996, 1998 Clark's first son died in December 1996 (-) Pathologist: Failed to disclose to the defence a bacterial
within a few weeks of his birth. Her infection was present in both boys at the time of death which could
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