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Title BBC Expert Witness Series 4 Episode 14: Blood on his Hands Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet BBC1 Media type Television Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 28/10/24 Description In our second case, a woman is being stalked and harassed by her ex-partner. He throws bleach over her belongings, trashes her car and sends threatening and abusive messages that leave her fearing for her safety. She goes to the police for help, but as all the abusive messages are anonymous, they don’t have enough evidence to bring the ex to justice.
However, when he begins to also write offensive emails to the police officer assigned to the case, this time from his own email account, investigators bring in a forensic linguist, Dr Nicci MacLeod, who specialises in analysing the construction and use of words in emails, letters and texts, to go through all of the communications. Using her expertise, she is able to show that the messages all came from the suspect, giving the police the evidence they need to close the caseURL https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0024gk5/expert-witness-series-4-14-blood-on-his-hands Persons Nicci MacLeod