Legal and forensic conundrums in complex high profile homicide

Mr Mark Glover retired from Thames Valley Police in May 2018 as a Detective Chief Inspector on the Major Crime Unit, having completed thirty years’ service. He returned to TVP as a civilian working as a principal investigator (SIO) on the Major Crime Unit where he continued to be PIP 3 accredited, leading investigations into murder and complex investigations into non-recent CSE. As an SIO he has a wealth of experience in investigating murder, unexplained deaths, manslaughter, rape and complex CSE enquiries, modern day slavery, kidnap and all the issues associated with these types of investigations. Mark is currently employed as the Crime Academy Manager looking at Detective recruitment, retention, training, accreditation and their welfare.

Mr Gerry Boyle KC was called to the Bar in 1992 and appointed Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) in 2017. He has extensive experience in the medical and police fields and regularly appears in the most high-profile Inquests and Public Inquiries and the associated regulatory, civil, and public law proceedings which follow.

Richard Barraclough KC has acted for the Crown, individuals, local authorities, insurers, major construction and transport companies including London Underground and Transport for London, car manufacturers, factories, railways, hospitals, schools and the like.

He prosecutes and defends in cases of homicide. A number of his cases have resulted in changes in or development of the law and practice.

He is a Common Lawyer whose vast experience in civil and criminal matters has been acquired over 40 years of a practice which includes inter alia:

• Serious crime (principally homicide, abuse, fraud, illegal money lending and proceeds of crime);
• Family and child welfare principally fact finding involving brain and other catastrophic injury, abuse and perplexing presentations/fabricated or induced illness. He has a particular interest in psychiatric and personality disorders;
• Death and catastrophic injuries however caused;
• Regulatory crime, local authority law and policy, consumer law, food law, licensing and Coroners Courts;
• Civil and commercial advice and litigation
• Environmental crime and planning enforcement;
• Civil fraud;
• Professional including medical negligence;
• Transport Commissioners;
• Marine matters.

Richard is legal advisor to the General Medical Council and has broad experience of medical matters.