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Shirley McKie (born August 1962) is a former Scottish police detective who was accused by fingerprint analysis staff of the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) of leaving her thumb print on the bathroom door frame of a murder crime-scene in Kilmarnock on 14 January 1997. [1] She denied she had ever been in the house of murder victim Marion Ross, but Detective Constable McKie was initially ...

In light of the recent FBI hair analysis outrage, it seemed appropriate to revisit an old classic in the history of failing forensic science.The Shirley McKie fingerprint scandal. Back in the 1990s, Shirley McKie was a police constable whose life, along with an important murder investigation, was essentially ruined due to mistakes made by a handful of forensic experts.

An inquiry into the Shirley McKie fingerprint scandal finds she was a victim of "human error" and there was "nothing sinister" in her case.

Among its recommendations, the inquiry said ‘fingerprint evidence should be recognised as opinion evidence, not fact’ (p. 741). Shirley McKie received a full personal apology from Strathclyde Police Chief Constable Stephen House in April 2012, more than 14 years after the murder of Marion Ross. Ross’s murder has never been solved.

In 1997, fingerprint examiners claimed they found Scottish police constable Shirley McKie’s fingerprint at a crime scene that her department was investigating. She denied that she had ever been to the crime scene, and it was determined in 1999 that the fingerprints were not hers and she was issued a public apology by the justice …

THE FINGERPRINT INQUIRY SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF SHIRLEY McKIE, IAIN McKIE AND DAVID ASBURY INTRODUCTION The Inquiry is to be commended on the thorough and diligent manner in which the evidence has been organised, led and analysed. Although there remain a number of issues raised by Iain McKie that have not been subject to any investigation by the

A fingerprint officer who was sacked over the Shirley McKie scandal has won her case for unfair dismissal. Fiona McBride was one of four experts who said a fingerprint at a crime scene was that of ...

The Shirley McKie case took place in 1997 when a police woman named Shirley McKie was accused of leaving a fingerprint at a crime scene and denying it. The conflict arose when the investigating team found her print when she and her police team were investigating the death of a Marion Ross in Kilmarnock, Scotland.

Shirley McKie made history as the first person in 100 years of fingerprinting to successfully challenge an identification in court. However, in the weeks after the trial, journalists in search of an easy story used unnamed police sources to pour scorn on Pat Wertheim, claiming he had only 2 weeks' tuition in fingerprinting (He has 22 years ...

One of the most publicized latent fingerprint misidentification cases, featuring American and Scottish examiners, centered around a police officer in Scotland named Shirley McKie. The Shirley McKie Case In January 1997 Scottish officers from the Strathclyde Police Department responded to the scene of a murder in nearby Kilmarnock.

Shirley McKie denies leaving her fingerprint at murder scene. February to May 1997. Goes off sick. Depressed and suffering panic attacks. Bullied and shunned by colleagues. July 1997. Professor Colin Espie reports that Shirley’s is, ‘ psychologically normal; and telling the truth.’ Police ignore report. March 1998.

In February 1997, British policewoman Shirley McKie was accused of perjury based on a fingerprint of hers found in a murder victim’s house. McKie was insistent that she had never entered the house, despite the evidence suggesting otherwise. The Scottish Criminal Records Office called upon 4 experts to examine the fingerprint, all of whom ...

The report and recommendations of the Fingerprint Inquiry in the case of Shirley McKie has finally emerged. The report will join the very few that will have international and important repercussions for forensic practice. ... The Fingerprint Inquiry, in conjunction with the finding of the Appeal Court in R v Smith, now provides further support ...

One of the most notable events of 2011 took place almost at the end of the year, and was the publication of The Fingerprint Inquiry Scotland – Report.. History. This referred to the case of Shirley McKie (of Troon, Ayrshire) – a police constable in 1997, she was charged with perjury in the trial of David Asbury 1999, who was accused of murdering Marion Ross (his conviction was overturned ...

An inquiry into the Shirley McKie fingerprint scandal finds she was a victim of "human error" and there was "nothing sinister" in her case.

One of Scotland's most senior policemen has apologised to a former detective 14 years after she was wrongly accused of leaving a fingerprint at a murder scene. Shirley McKie was cleared of lying ...

Shirley McKie was falsely accused of leaving her fingerprint at a murder scene The justice secretary and lord advocate have apologised to Shirley McKie over the fingerprint scandal which wrecked ...

February 1997 A fingerprint, identified as that of detective constable Shirley McKie, is found at a murder scene. McKie denies leaving the print. February to May 1997 McKie goes off sick with ...

The revelation casts doubt on the validity of the SCRO claim that, in the wake of the Shirley McKie controversy, its work was checked by outside experts and found to be 100per cent accurate.

Shirley McKie 'victim of human error' ... 14 December 2011 Last updated at 20:48 Help. A public inquiry into the Shirley McKie fingerprint case has found she was a victim of "human error".