Gathering and Analysing Facts

Gathering and analysing facts can be considered one of the most important stages within the investigation process. This is because the facts they receive can come in many different forms such as forensic evidence, witness statements and intelligence information. Therefore in order for the different types of facts to be useful, they have to all connect together in order to provide strong evidence. This is because the more facts that pile up together the stronger that evidence will be when trying to convict an individual.

In the Paul Morin case numerous amounts of evidence was gathered once the body of Christine Jessop was found. However the evidence was contaminated in several ways, as the officers collecting evidence didn’t wear PPE (personal protection equipment), and the evidence was not bagged correctly, many pieces of evidence suggesting that Morin was not guilty was “lost”. Therefore some of the evidence was not able to used, which may have led to the murderer of Christine Jessop walking free in society. However when detectives were analysing intelligence information, several different pieces of the information all suggested that it was Paul Morin who committed a crime. It was information from the public, his odd behaviour and what he did in his spare time.