Britain’s Most Renowned Killers
Among Britain’s most renowned killers, cellphone evidence helped to accept responsibility for their crimes. Ian Huntley abducted and killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both 10-year-old school children from the English village of Soham, in August 2002. According to the investigators, Jessica’s cell phone was off when it was within or near Huntley’s house. O’Reilly’s cell phone could also cause his death because it showed he had lied to his lover, Nikki Pelley. Investigators discovered that 18 talks and SMS were sent between his phone and Ms Pelley’s cellphones on the same day he murdered his wife, despite stating the connection had ended in his report to garda authorities
Although to solve these crimes, police had to rely heavily on advances in forensic technology and scientific research. There is little uncertainty that obtaining convictions in such cases just 20 years ago could have been practically impossible for the gardai. Gardai nowadays are adequately equipped to investigate significant crimes thanks to advancements in forensics, Surveillance, and the ability to get evidence from smartphones and email.
