Det Insp Matt Markham, of Chace Avenue police, said: "The victim even had as
shoeprint mark left on his neck where he was stamped on.
In February, a national panel of 135 anthropologists and lawyers concluded that Robbins's "
shoeprint identification doesn't work.' William Bodziak of the FBI Crime Lab said that Robbins's "wear pattern analysis' is "totally ridiculous,' while Melvin B.
In 2004 the FBI created the Scientific Working Group on
Shoeprint and Tire Tread Evidence (SWGTREAD) to serve as a professional forum in which forensic experts in the area of
shoeprint and tire tread impression evidence share, discuss, and evaluate methods, techniques, protocols, quality assurance, educational requirements, and research relating to
shoeprint and tire tread evidence.
PUB landlord Johnathan Robinson shows the sickening
shoeprint scar that may help catch the robbers who attacked him.
Poirier found a partially burned piece of paper with a
shoeprint and a drop of blood in the orthodontist's office.
"There was a
shoeprint that indicated someone had kicked the door and hit her in the face and there were marks on her neck as if a hand had throttled her.
Impressions in the surface of paper, such as those from indented writing or use of a check writer or dry seal, are also evaluated by Unit examiners, as are
shoeprint and tire tread impressions.
Forensic experts in Birmingham are putting together a database of
shoeprint styles as part of a pioneering project to help police pinpoint offenders from prints left at crime scenes.
The presentations represented topics that included the latest developments and novel approaches to the analyses of biometrics; bloodstain patterns; digital photography; firearms and toolmarks; fingerprints,
shoeprint and tire tread evidence; questioned documents; and trace evidence such as fibers, paint, and tapes.
Farrow, 30, of Knightside Gardens, Gateshead, admitted burglary on December 6 last year after a
shoeprint he left at the scene linked him to the raid.