the christmas poisoner who murdered by the book...
A bottle of wine laced with deadly poison; a stack of Agatha Christie books in the suspect’s home:...
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life after death: the science of human...
Far from being dead,a rotting human corpse is the cornerstone of a complex ecosystem. A better...
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scotland yard opens its black museum files on...
Met police exhibition shows how Sir Bernard Spilsbury,the father of forensics, transformed detective...
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strychnine: the notorious but rare poison at the...
Strychnine poisoning is a horrible and,nowadays, unusual way to die. But it was the fate of an...
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sex, lies and arsenic: how the king of poisons...
Kate Griffin,author of the Kitty Peck novels set in the criminal underworld of Victorian London,...
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manslaughter conviction for 039negligent...
A genetic defect may be the real culprit in the case of a woman taking painkillers whose baby died...
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britain could be forensic science world leader,...
From being the pioneers of fingerprinting to fighting contemporary cybercrime,the UK must capitalise...
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is arsenic eating a clever poisoning plot device...
The plot of Dorothy L Sayers’s crime classic Strong Poison hinges on whether it’s possible to...
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forensic review of sexual assault cases ordered...
Home Office regulator’s examination of forensic strategy comes as scientists warn criminal justice...
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dna in the dock: how flawed techniques send...
Many juries believe crime-scene DNA evidence is watertight – but this is far from the case. As...
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worlds wurst burglar: half eaten sausage helps...
Inquiry into 2012 burglary is revived after French police turn up a DNA match for unrelated...
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