Forensic Linguistics Cases

Courts where Dr. Olsson has provided evidence

Supreme, Superior or Higher Courts:
US Supreme Court, South Carolina Supreme Court, Royal Courts of Justice, London; Central Criminal Court, London (‘The Old Bailey’); Glasgow High Court of Justiciary; Edinurgh High Court of Justiciary; Superior Court of Justice, Ontario.
Crown Courts:
Leeds, Luton, Wrexham, Manchester, Lincoln, Derby, Taunton, Aylesbury, Gloucester, Teesside, Lewes, Liverpool, Winchester, Warrington, Peterborough, Bristol.
Magistrates or County Courts:
Wrexham, Birkenhead, Beverley, Coventry, Oldham, Cheltenham, Lincoln, Birmingham, Durham, Cardiff.
Coroners Courts:
Brecon, Luton.
Sheriff Court:
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, etc.

KB - a minor child who was subject of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order. The Order was ambiguous and the youth was cleared of infringing it after linguistic analysis by Dr Olsson.

The Facebook Murder - Peter ChapmanTeesside Crown Court, March 2010: authorship of phone text messages of victim whom he murdered.

Authorship of emails in international paedophile ring conspiracy - James Rennie and Neil Strachan, 2009.

Garry Weddell: authorship of alleged suicide note of wife (committed suicide before trial).

Tony Couchman: indicted for murder of daughter, Victoria. Probable author of text messages from victim’s phone (committed suicide before trial).

Many others, including: Barrel Killer (murder of Julie Turner, Yorkshire, 2005); Dorset suitcase murder (Samantha Faulder, Richard Ormond - murder of Richard Emery, 2008); Rehan Asghar (murder of Kashif Mahmood, 16 years old, 2007), plus linguistic analysis in more than 150 other homicide investigations and many other types of investigation from 1995 to the present.