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On the inadequacy of justice

Today I’m on holiday and today this story broke – Bernadette Walker: Scott Walker guilty of murder – BBC News. And this is a fuller version from the Peterborough Telegraph. I knew the verdict was coming, I hoped it was coming, and yet it’s been getting me down. Once again a man has abused and…

Did AC12 hire a bent forensic linguist?

The big reveal in the season finale of Line of Duty was that it was a forensic linguist, who identified ‘H’ aka “the Fourth man” not as some criminal mastermind, but as the bumbling and over-promoted DI Ian Buckells.  The TV police drama has followed the incremental investigations of anti-corruption unit AC12 of the fictional Central Police.  Over the…

Tim Grant – Forensic Linguist

I am Professor of Forensic Linguistics and Director of the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics. I am an academic practitioner and a practitioner academic in the field of forensic linguistics. I am an experienced academic, skilled in teaching, productive in research and engaged in a range of administrative roles.   I have attracted research income in…


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