A Wightlink ferry has been the star of an unusual production whilst out of service and moored in Portsmouth Harbour ahead of the busy summer season.
The Portsmouth-Fishbourne ship, St Faith, hosted a team of forensic investigators – but there was no cause for concern.
The University of Portsmouth had asked Wightlink if its technicians could mock-up and film a crime scene onboard to help them teach students taking an undergraduate degree in criminology and forensics.
During the next academic year, they’ll be challenged to solve the maritime mysteries using evidence from the video and photos taken on board St Faith. As part of their work, technicians used professional fingerprint powders on doors and placed bootmarks on surfaces to create clues.
Senior Specialist Forensic Technician Dan McGuigan says:
“Students appreciate learning from a real-life scenario. We valued this opportunity from Wightlink to create some quality content for them to view, make notes and discuss in groups.”
Wightlink Chief Executive, Keith Greenfield, explained:
“We always like to support our local community whenever we can.
Article continues below this advertisement “We were pleased to play a role in educating the next generation of forensic investigators by giving access to the team to create challenges for their students to solve. As St Faith wasn’t in service that day, we were happy to agree to the request.”
What did they learn, about how to hide the paperwork and rip off prices, and of course all of Dave Stewarts old brown envelopes they got sent.
The prices they charge must be a crime
A message to the Wightlink Chief Exec.
If you want to support the local community, as you said you do, then reduce the fares for us Islanders..
It’s a crime scene I hoped they were looking into the extortionate price they charge