Showing how science and special skills work in pursuit of the law-breaker
12— The Loosened Nut and the Blazing Car
Narrator, James McKechnie
Script and production by John Gough
The programme tells of a conflict of expert evidence as between mechanical engineers. The Prosecution claimed that the nut under the dashboard was deliberately loosened to give a free flow of petrol to aid a deliberate fire. The Defence contended that intense heat can loosen nuts, and that this part of the Prosecution's case was worthless.