A leading scientist, called in to help break a series of unsolved crimes, is to fire up his pioneering ‘bullet casing’ fingerprint invention before American forensic experts.

Dr John Bond, Scientific Support Manager at Northamptonshire Police and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester Forensic Research Centre, discovered a way of visualising corrosion patterns etched by human sweat into the surfaces of bomb and ammunition casings when handled.

The technique is reported to work even if the visible fingerprint has been wiped off.

Two months ago, Time Magazine voted the method as one of the top 50 inventions of the year.

Now, Dr Bond is to present his work to the National Forensic  Academy, America’s training centre for crime scene investigators

source society of expert witness