Mr Rob Butler

Operating as an independent Expert since leaving the Metropolitan Police in 1997 (where he was Head of the Forensic Video Laboratory), Rob has assisted in numerous cases countrywide, including offences of terrorism, murder, sex offences, armed robbery, vehicle crime and traffic offences. His extensive experience includes: • Enhancement of CCTV images; • Comparison of vehicles, clothing and other objects from images; • Examination of images of people for the purpose of identification including facial mapping, body mapping, height and posture; • Interpretation of actions and events from images; • Calculation of vehicle speeds from CCTV recordings; • Enhancement and transcription of audio recordings; • Examination of recordings for evidence of tampering.

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Member of the Institute of Incorporated Engineers, member of the International Association for Identification, the British Association for Human Identification (Forensic Imagery Analysis Group), and the Society of Expert Witnesses. Listed in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses and with the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) as an Expert Advisor.