It's now time to put all the pieces of this puzzle together. Do you believe Madeleine Smith is guilty of poisoning her lover? Only Scotland has a ‘not proven’ verdict. What does this mean for a jury and for those who receive this judgement?
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Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio Ltd production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) at the University of Dundee and was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
The series is narrated by Pennie Stuart.
Our experts were:
Experts
Dr Jonathan Morris, Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services
Dr Richard Shepherd, Forensic Pathologist
Professor Eleanor Gordon, Affiliate (School of Social & Political Sciences). University of Glasgow
Professor Niamh Nic Daeid, Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee
Dr Lorna Nisbet, Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee
Donald Findlay KC
Lady Dorrian, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, Scottish Judiciary
Our actors
Joe Reilly, Phil Latin, Craig Swan, Ian Boffey, John Harding, Andrew Thomson, Lynsey Moyes, Alan Richardson, David Bryce, Erica Holland, Russell Mullen, Alice Jenner, David Stuart, Iain McDiarmid, Dan Holland and Mark Stephen. Madeleine Smith was played by Keira Lucchesi.
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