Dr Iain West's Casebook

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Dr Iain West is Britain's foremost pathologist. His job is to carry out examinations of victims of fatal crimes, accidents and those who have died in mysterious circumstances. This text describes some of his most famous cases, including: the 1984 shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London; the Brighton bombing of the Conservative party conference; the second autopsy on Robert Maxwell - conducted in Israel after the initial one in Tenerife; - the Hillsborough disaster; victims of poison gas attacks on Kurdish villages; Rachel McLean's murder in Oxford; gay serial kiler Michael Lupo; Joy Gardner - the Jamaican deportee who died in a struggle with police; and child abuse victims Jasmine Beckford and Tyra Henry.

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'Should be compulsory reading for those among us who remain ambivalent about political violence.' IRISH TIMES 'It is scarcely necessary to recommend a book packed with so many fascinating insights.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'an entertaining mix of hard science and human interest.' FOCUS 'an unsparing record of the full spectrum of human malevolence.' MAIL ON SUNDAY

Author Bio

Chester Stern is Crime Correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and has been a writer and broadcaster for over thirty years. Married with two children, he has worked for the Mail on Sunday since its launch in 1982 and is the President of the Crime Writer's Association.