Flutterby™! : Hand Uniqueness

Lancaster Professor Dame Sue Black is doing research on the uniqueness of hands to help convict child abusers

"I asked the clerk: 'what did we do wrong?' she said we didn't do anything wrong, the jury just didn't believe the girl because she didn't break down in court, she didn't cry.

"That's no way in which justice should be decided, that's why we started doing the research."

Over the next 14 years Professor Dame Black began researching the anatomy of human hands, bringing her evidence to court and helping to convict dozens of peadophiles.