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 To date 61 million Mobile Phones are in use in the UK on a daily basis. Historically phones were used just for communicating, however, they are now far more advanced and have functions such as video and voice recording, taking photos, even emailing as well browsing the Internet. Over the past few years evidence from Mobile Phones has been used in a growing number and greater range of legal cases including ‘happy slapping’, drugs and murder cases.
Mobile phones frequently contain crucial evidence that can be forensically recovered even after it has been deleted.
Our forensic analysts are able to examine mobile phones and sim cards as well as the variety of memory cards that are now commonly contained within them for any data present, including text messages, call records, voice recordings, photographs and videos.
We are then able to produce the evidence retrieved in a clear and concise format that is understandable to the client and can be used in court proceedings if it is required.
 Cell Site Analysis allows for the identification of the location of a mobile phone when a call or text message is made or received. This evidence can be used within legal cases where the location of an individual is required.
Every time a mobile phone is used, the event is recorded. Using data from the mobile phone provider, Athena-Forensics' specialists are able to map this data to identify its location and determine the areas in which a phone has been used. This can be used to identify the whereabouts of a phone at a given time or to trace its movements over a period.
Cell Site Analysis is commonly used by law enforcement agencies to confirm that a suspect was indeed in an area during the time in which a crime was committed. Increasingly this evidence is used for proving or disproving alibis, demonstrating “associations” or “conspiracies”, confirming a victim’s movements and geographically “placing” suspects at the scene of a crime.
The information provided can be used for evidential purposes and can be presented in court by one Athena’s Expert Witnesses.
Athena’s experts are able to deliver the following services with quality and excellence:
- Preservation of integrity of scene of crime evidence;
- Forensic analysis of mobile (cell) telecommunication equipment;
- Court attendance as an Expert Witness;
- Cell site mapping;
- Telecoms Investigator Training Courses.
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