The writers
Wendy, Helene,
David C, Terry, Elizabeth, Lynn, Di, Juan, welcome back to Trish and welcome to
Roz
The words of the day
Counterfeit = make
to deceive
Lucid = clear and easily understood
Lucid = clear and easily understood
Atrocious = very
bad, wicked, cruel
Cheiloscopy =
study of lip prints
Flailed = whipped
or waved about wildly
Jocund = marked by
high spirits and laughter
Crackerjack =
exceptionally good, a tasty treat
Impeach = to call
to account or bring to account
Pannel = In
Scotland the accused person or member of the jury in a court
Writing from words of the day
The writers took
the panoply of words and created the following lucid cracker jack stories and poems -
Eating an unpeeled onion, I have been impeached, The restaurant, On the nose,
In the court, Melting candy floss, False evidence, All because of his lip
prints, Words on show a great poem from Terry and Spoiling the goods
Six forensically
minded writers wrote on the topics - Patterns in the dust, Definitions of
murder, terrorism and corruption, Things are not as they seem, The perfect
plan, Premeditated crime and The Trespasser.
Forensic presentation
Terry led a discussion
of a suicide scene covering the use of Physical and trace evidence, Fibre and
soil analysis. In particular we discussed the use of non recycled paper, wellington boots
providing evidence, smashing of a window, only one print on the glass, fibres on
one side only, two different type of scotch, share market evidence, fingerprints
too perfect and indentations on the carpet
Changes to dates for forensic topics
The following
timetable will apply
20 Feb – David C –
Identity theft, Touch DNA, Bite marks, Tyre
tracks
27 Feb – Lynn – Toxicology
Homework
Based on Terry’s presentation
above explain how investigators proved it wasn’t a suicide. Or write on the
topic - things are not as they seem.