Dr Matthew Sorrell uses digital data to solve crimes and build strong cases, and he provides expert testimony and analysis in court to explain digital evidence and its implications.
He has been involved in several high-profile crime cases, particularly those requiring digital forensic expertise. One notable case is the disappearance and murder of Karen Ristevski in which Dr Sorrell analysed CCTV footage of Karen's car, which helped establish a timeline and provided evidence linking Borce to the crime scene.
Dr Sorrell is an expert in wearable technology forensics and has worked on cases involving data from wearable devices like fitness trackers and smartwatches. This data can provide crucial insights into a person's movements and activities before a crime.
His work includes the EU project FORMOBILE, which focuses on mobile phone forensics from crime scene to courtroom.
Dr Sorrell emphasises the importance of health data in criminal investigations. This includes data from medical records, fitness apps, and other health-related devices that can provide evidence about a person's physical condition and activities.
He also provides consulting services to law enforcement agencies, helping them navigate the complexities of digital evidence and ensuring that the data collected is admissible in court.
Dr Matthew Sorell was surrounded by science from a young age and became an electronics enthusiast before he was ten years old. “We moved to Adelaide in 1977 when my father started as a laboratory manager at Flinders University, previously he’d been a physics teacher and then medical physicist,”...
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