Fibres

Our clothing contains a microscopic record of the contact it has had with other textile surfaces. Fibres present on the surface tells a complex history of the clothing, from fibres associated with the most recent ‘foreign' contacts, to those associated with the environment that the clothing most frequently inhabits. The technique of ‘fibre mapping' in a forensic context, has enabled fibres to be used as a tool to assess the precise nature of contacts between items of clothing and by combining that information with other scene of crime intelligence, a reconstruction of events at the crime scene can be explored. Textile fibres can provide strong evidence of links in a variety of forensic cases from burglaries and car crime to sexual assaults and murder. Fibres are most commonly recovered by forensic scientists from items using taping.

The forensic examination of fibres requires highly skilled scientists with specialist microscopic and analytical instrumentation. Manlove Forensics' expert undertakes fibre comparisons and reviews, employing a range of sophisticated microscopic and spectroscopic techniques to identify and check fibres evidence in a non-destructive manner.

Our expert also undertakes work assisting in the investigation of the supply of counterfeit drugs.

Tel: 0845 371 2486