Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Chemistry (1979) Surrey University

Career Details
Stephen was employed by the Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory as a Document Examiner from 1983-1992 and subsequently as a Document Examiner for Document Evidence Ltd from 1992 to present. This has been his sole full time occupation since 1983.

During the course of this work he has examined thousands of cases involving disputed documents, the bulk of the work involving questioned handwriting and signatures.

He has given evidence in court on over two hundred occasions. The vast majority of these have been in the Crown and Magistrates' courts in criminal proceedings, including the Central Criminal Court (The Old Bailey). He has given evidence in a number of high profile cases including the Britannia Park Fraud Trial, the corporate manslaughter trial following the sinking of the Pescado fishing boat and in connection with Operation Bangor, the large scale theft of cheques from a Royal Mail sorting office. He has also worked on a number of other high profile cases such as the enquiry into the postal votes in the Aston council elections.