The forensics of stabbing: Management

Dr Curtis Offiah is a Consultant Radiologist and specialist in Forensic Radiology with a range of research and clinical radiological interests. He qualified in Medicine in 1994 at the University of Birmingham. He has provided forensic radiological support and expertise for numerous Police Forces and HM Senior Coroners in the United Kingdom and abroad for almost 15 years and for the National Crime Agency and National Injuries Database. His clinical and research interests include trauma and forensic aspects of Radiology and post-mortem radiology, wound profiling and injury causation in ante-mortem and post-mortem imaging of accidental and inflicted blunt trauma and penetrating trauma due to stab injuries and gunshot injuries, the radiological indicators of intimate partner abuse and radiology in paediatric head injury. He has published research and reviews in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Curtis Offiah is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London. He is a Consultant Radiologist at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust. He is Advisory Editor for Clinical Radiology which is the peer-reviewed journal of the Royal College of Radiologists. 

Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBE FREng is ProVice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for the
School of Engineering and Applied Science at
Aston University, and a Professor of Materials and
Forensic Engineering.
Her research interests are in forensic engineering
related to stabbing and dismemberment and in
particular, related to sharpness of weapons and
tool marks on bone. She is an expert in the
application of micro-computed tomography in
forensic applications. She has provided expertise
for numerous Police Forces in the United
Kingdom.
Sarah is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering, a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered
Scientist, a Fellow of the Institute of Materials,
Minerals and Mining, and a Fellow of the Women’s
Engineering Society. In 2009, she was named as
one of the Women’s Engineering Society’s
Inspiring Technical Women and in 2015 she was
awarded the Awarded the Andrew H Payne Jr.
Special Achievement Award by the Engineering
Section of the American Academy of Forensic
Sciences.
Sarah was part of the team of people who applied
modern forensic engineering and science tools to
investigate the bones of Richard III with particular
reference to understanding the wounds on the
skeleton and relating those to the weapons that
could have been used.