Disasters such as Grenfell Tower and Westminster Bridge have highlighted how forensic science plays a vital part in victim identification.
This event, jointly organised with the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS), will see a panel of experts examine how forensic odontology, anthropology and pathology contribute to the identification process.
Learn about the psychological impact such events can have on victims, hearing more about the nature of the subsequent inquests from those supporting them.
Disaster Victim Identification Coordinator, Metropolitan Police Service.
Phil’s role includes the training and the coordination of the Metropolitan Police Service. His team covered the Westminster Bridge attack in March 2017, the 2017 London Bridge attacks as well as the Grenfell Tower disaster.
The Senior Coroner responsible for the inquests into people who died in the Grenfell Tower disaster.
Lawyer, Garden Court Chambers.
Leslie represented the families of victims from the Grenfell Tower Disaster, as well as 11 families of the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster, and the family of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked the 2011 London riots.
Dr Phil Marsden, Forensic Odontologist
Simon Smith
PC Philip Stone, Disaster Victim Identification Coordinator, Metropolitan Police Service
Simon Smith and Phil Stone
Ms Gaille Mackinnon, Lead Forensic Anthropologist and Archaeologist, Alecto Forensics
Dr Phil Marsden, Forensic Odontologist
Ms Gaille Mackinnon and Phil Marsden
Speaker to be confirmed
Dr Fiona Jane Wilcox, Senior Coroner
Mr Leslie Thomas QC
Professor David Alexander
Mr Mohammed Omar, Board Member for External Affairs, Gardens of Peace Muslim Cemetery
Professor David Alexander, Mr Mohammad Omar, Mr Leslie Thomas QC
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
