Suzy Lamplugh and GPR

[Harry Bloomfield]

How come the police don't use ground penetrating radar for initial body searches, instead of digging - or perhaps they do and it is never mentioned?

[Andy Burns]

Is it sensitive enough through a concrete garage floor?

[charles]

They used it years ago in the Fred West case. They probably use it now, too.

[Harry Bloomfield]

It happens that Andy Burns formulated :

I would have thought so..

[Harry Bloomfield]

So if they are at the digging up stage, they are fairly certain of a result?

[Clive Arthur]

If GPR found a body, they'd dig up the garden. If GPR didn't find a body, they'd dig up the garden. At best it might show them where to dig first.

Cheers

[Jethro_uk]

I imagine police and archaeologist work quite closely anyway. Certainly there must be a moment when human remains - *especially* unexpected human remains need to be either dismissed as historic (which invites a further question of how that's decided) or evidence of a possible crime.

Given that it's generally perfectly legal to bury granny in the garden, I wonder if it happens more often than we realise ?

[Tim Streater]

Don't you need permission (from the council?) for that? Meaning they ought to have a list of such burials.

Another Q I have, is that they appear to have demolished the klod's shed and are now removing the concrete. Does that just leave the klod (who AIUI is not implicated in any way being a subsequent owner) simply out of pocket or does someone restore it and pay for that?

[Jethro_uk]

I'm pretty certain that whilst it's nice to tell them - and indeed any subsequent owners - there's actually "no law against it". I thought one of the defining characteristics of the UKs oft-touted "liberal democracy" is anything not prohibited is allowed ?

The reason it sticks is when I read about it, the article noted that whilst not mandatory, it was probably a good idea to mark any graves on the land for subsequent owners.

AFAIAA there is no obligation on police to recompense for damage caused during the discharge of their duties. A fact people who have lost their front door to a mistaken drugs raid have found to their cost at times. The police usually make an ex-gratia payment in such cases. But not always.

[Steve Walker]

I don't think so. On your own land, the only requirement that I know of is that it is not within a certain distance of a watercourse.

SteveW

[Clive Arthur]

Surely you can't be buried on your own land unless you're alive at the time?

Cheers

[spuorgelgoog]

I suppose if you haven't been certified dead, you're still alive de jure even though not de facto.

Owain

[Tim Streater]

Certainly not. Synonymous with geezer.

[Aaron]

Because it isnt really much use in a backyard.

- or perhaps they do and it is never

[Jane]

Carbon dating.

[Brian Gaff]

Well it is used, but maybe its not as clear cut on ling dead bodies unless there is something metallic down there, Not sure how well it works for bone. Most of the times I've seen it used they are looking for water pipes gass pipes or artefacts. Brian

[charles]

but it might remain in the family.

A few years ago I allended a funeral of a local farmer - a service in church followed by burial at the edge of a field in the family farm which his son had inherited or did after the estate had been settled.

[Brian Gaff]

Yes well, I doubt they would want to put out too many details either way as by definition the crook is still alive.

I've never quite understood murders, Unless you enjoy killing in which case you surely need to be a few slates short of a roof. Brian

[Max Demian]

For everything except "psychoactive substances".

[Harry Bloomfield]

Jim K explained on 02/11/2018 :

Variations in soil density.