Annual BAFS Friends' Dinner "Lady in the Lake" special guests presentation

Date: 29/10/24

Time: 1800

Venue: Apothecaries Hall

Prices

• Members: £85.00
• Non-members: £95.00
• Students: £40.00

NOTE: The AGM will be held at 5.30pm before the drinks reception and dinner.

“Lady in the Lake”: the murder of Carol Park

Carol Park went missing in July 1976. On 13th August 1997 a package, which had been discovered by scuba divers in Coniston Water, was raised and found to contain her body. She was wearing a nightie and had been bound by ropes. An initial post mortem examination concluded that Carol Park had sustained several blows to her face and had defensive injuries. During the course of the police investigation, Gordon Park was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. He was convicted in early 2005 and died by suicide in 2010.

In October 2018 the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) referred Gordon Park’s conviction to the Court of Appeal on the basis that “the balance of the evidence in the case has shifted to such an extent that there is now a real possibility that the Court of Appeal will quash the conviction.” One of the grounds for the referral was DNA, which did not match Gordon Park, that had been detected on a rope which bound Carol Park’s body. Join Forensic Pathologist Professor Peter Vanezis and Forensic Scientist Jo Millington as they discuss the twists and turns of this fascinating case.

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

Professor Peter Vanezis OBE Professor Emeritus of Forensic Medical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London

Jo Millington Director and Forensic Scientist at Millington Hingley Ltd and SPATTER/ED, a BPA training and education company 

Download flyer

How to get there

Apothecaries Hall