Expert Witness Snapshot
13 years as a partner in Castle CareTech, a manufacturer of high-end security control equipment, including void alarms, before developing own specialist security industry insurance brokerage. Expert witness since 1995.
Subsequently retained as a forensic expert witness in over 350 cases specialising in:Â alarm detector and control panel functions; alarm receiving centre (ARC) operations and protocols; alarm installer responsibilities and actions; alarm reconstructions; alarm log analysis; armed robbery and burglary including claimed burglary; fire and fraud investigations; manned guarding; smoke cloak technology and void property security
Retained in three of UK’s largest cases: £25m Hatton Garden Burglary in 2015, £75m Sony factory fire in 2011, £32m Weston-super-Mare pier fire in 2008.
Worked with Trading Standards, NPCC, ACPO, ABI and has acted as a strategic advisor for the National Security Inspectorate. Also appeared as a security expert on ‘Watchdog\'  and \'Rogue Traders\'.