Mr. Rob Butler

Operating as an independent forensic expert since leaving the Metropolitan Police in 1997 (where he was Head of the Forensic Video Laboratory for his last 3 years), Rob has assisted in a broad range of cases nationwide, including in relation to offences of abduction, armed robbery, burglary, drug supply, murder, sex offences, terrorism, theft, traffic offences and vehicle crime. 

During his career, Rob has produced thousands of expert reports for the Defence and Prosecution in criminal cases (including in legally aided matters), and as a Single Joint Expert in Civil cases. He has attended Courts on hundreds of occasions to advise Counsel and give expert testimony, and has been praised for his work many times, including by Instructing Solicitors, Barristers, Police Officers and Judges.

His extensive experience includes:

• Body Mapping
• Comparison of clothing, objects and vehicles from images
• Enhancement of video footage and audio recordings
• Examination of recordings for evidence of editing and tampering
• Facial Mapping
• Forensic transcriptions
• Height estimations
• Interpretation of actions in video recordings
• Production of compilations and stills
• Vehicle speed calculations from CCTV footage

See attached CV