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| Occupation: | Consultant Forensic Scientist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualifications: | BSc(Hons)
| Explanation of | Qualifications: Bachelor of Science (Honours) | Organisation: | Jonathan Spencer Consultants Ltd | Address: |
32 Grays Road |
Stockton-on-Tees Cleveland TS18 4LX (View Location Map) (View Aerial Photo) Office Telephone: | | Mobile: | 07960 481390 | Fax: | 01642 350179 | Email: |
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|  : www.jonathan-spencer.co.uk/index2.htm |
CV: | (Click here) | Article: | (Some testimonials received from clients and others) | Press Article: | 'Murder conviction called into question' (BBC Aug '00) | Google: | Search Google UK | Legal references: |
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Expert in firearms and video material | FIREARMS :- Identification, testing, research and classification of firearms (including pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, air guns, machine guns, stun guns,and antique firearms), ammunition and pyrotechnics Microscopic comparison of bullets and cartridge cases to suspect gun Tool, instrument and weapon mark impressions Examination of crime scenes, clothing and vehicles, etc, for gunshot damage, lines of fire, distance and trajectory Analysis and reconstruction of shooting incidents, including ballistics Assessment of post-mortem evidence, including wounds Interpretation of gunshot residue analysis Review of evidence (physical and written) to determine accuracy, continuity and significance VIDEO and IMAGERY :- Examination of video and photographic material for questioned identities (facial mapping and photocomparison) and event analysis Enhancement, de-multiplexing, slowing down, etc., of video footage Authenticity and tampering of video and audio recordings Video analysis/enhancement Audio restoration/enhancement Sound forensic analysis Photograph analysis/enhancement Photogrammetric measurement/analysis OTHER :- Scene of crime reconstruction services Crime scene analysis (from photographic/video images) Investigation of accidents involving the armed forces, police and country sports activities Authoring of technical reports on all of the above areas Attendance at case conferences, assistance in cross-examinations and expert testimony. Instructions accepted from police and other law enforcement agencies, the legal profession, trade organisations, commercial companies and private individuals. Career background :- Jonathan Spencer has has been a full-time independent forensic scientist for 10 years. He has over 30 years' experience of firearms and ballistics, and 10 years' experience of video, photography and related imagery material. After serving with the Royal Air Force Police from 1975 to 1985, (mainly on armed anti-terrorist and security duties including optical and electronic surveillance), he obtained a BSc(Hons) degree in1989, after which he undertook postgraduate research for three years at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Subsequently, he was employed by an independent forensic science laboratory as a senior reporting forensic scientist from 1995 to 2003. During this period, he was instructed in more than 500 cases, predominantly involving firearms and video evidence. Firearms experience :- Mr Spencer has held a life-long interest in firearms and has made a study of their design, mechanism and performance for more than 30 years. To this end, he owns a technical reference library relating to firearms that extends to more than 1,000 titles. His experience covers a wide range of firearm types and includes pistols, rifles, shotguns, machine-guns and rifle-launched grenades. Firearms casework encompasses a wide range of issues, ranging from simple identification and classification of firearms and ammunition to the analysis and reconstruction of complex shooting incidents. Some exemplar cases are detailed on his company's web site. Video and photographic experience :- Mr Spencer has been instructed in well over 150 cases involving the examination and analysis of video and other imagery for the purpose of identifying the people, objects or events recorded thereon. He has examined many tens of thousands of questioned video and photographic images and has spent in excess of 1,300 hours examining imagery material and writing technical reports on that material. Mr Spencer has testified to all levels of Court in England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. The Court of Appeal has recently described him as 'a most careful and impressive witness' - R v Paul Cleeland [2002] EWCA Crim 293 (see 'Press Article' link, above). Av. no. of new instructions a year : 60 No. of reports written in last 3 years : 234 No. of court appearances in last 3 years : 11 Geographical area of work : All of UK and worldwide Memberships of other professional associations :- International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (web site) Forensic Science Society (web site) Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners (web site) British Association for Human Identification (web site) Law Society: |
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