Throughout my time as the National Vulnerable Witness Adviser, I regularly deployed operationally throughout the UK to develop victim and witness interview strategies and plans for complex investigations. I now work on a part-time basis as a lecturer in investigation for the University of Sunderland.
I am one of the authors of the revised edition of the national interview guidance for England and Wales that is set out in “Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance on Interviewing Victims and Witnesses, and Guidance on Using Special Measures” (Ministry of Justice 2022) and of the earlier 2007 and 2011 revised guidance on which it is based. I am also one of the authors of Advice on the Structure of Visually Recorded Interviews with Witnesses (2010, 2013 and 2015). I have published three books and 21 book chapters and research papers on vulnerable victims and witnesses. I am currently writing a book on the management of trauma in criminal investigations.
He was appointed an OBE in the Kings Birthday Honours in 2025, holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is a chartered psychologist (CPsychol).