Tragedy at Morecambe Bay

Name of case - Operation Lund

Force - Lancashire Police

Solution deployed - Electronic Presentation of Evidence

Challenge - SRi Forensics were approached by Lancashire Police to come up with a solution of how to present to a jury, this unprecedented case outlining the death of 23 Chinese Cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay.

With over 10,000 pieces of evidence to collate and 'simplify', the case preparation took 7 months while the trial ran for 6 months, making it one of the longest and largest criminal prosecutions in the United Kingdom. The case was so large, we combined with two other companies to expand our capability.

The use of EPE is estimated to have saved the public purse something in the order of half a million pounds and three months in court time. The court services manager, Robert Brookes said this about the EPE setup... "Court time has been significantly saved together with the associated running costs and expenses"

With the conviction of the gang master Lin Liang Ren, the Acting Chief constable of Lancashire gave well deserved thanks to the SRi Team when he wrote..

"I believe that this investigation is a testament to the strength that inter-agency partnership can acheve and have no hesitation in including your staff in the comments of His Lordship Justice Enriques when he praised the professionalism displayed by all concerned in bringing those responsible to justice."

Steve Finnigan
Acting Chief Constable
Lancashire Constabularty
Details of the case can be found here..

Tragedy at Morecombe Bay

Tragedy at Morecambe Bay

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