Posts Tagged ‘police investigation’

Dental Work Could Hold The Key As Police Try To Identify Dismembered Body

Dental Work Could Hold The Key As Police Try To Identify Dismembered Body

Police attempting to identify a dismembered body believe that distinctive gold jewellery and expensive dental work could hold the key. The body was found by a cyclist on Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh last week. Current investigations show that the body was dumped in a shallow grave in the beauty spot after a woman was murdered. […]


Dental Records Confirm Body of Missing Millionairess Carole Waugh

Dental Records Confirm Body of Missing Millionairess Carole Waugh

Dental records have been used to confirm the body of missing oil executive Carole Waugh. Police confirmed that they found a body in the back of a car in a lock-up in New Malden last week. The body was badly decomposed and dental records were required to confirm the identity of Ms Waugh. Police later […]


Dental lab blast injures twelve

Dental lab blast injures twelve

Twelve people were injured after an explosion at a dental laboratory in Codsall, Staffordshire. There were twelve people inside the building on Bilbrook Road when the blast swept through the dental centre on Friday afternoon. Staff at a nearby chemist helped most of those who were hurt at the scene but three women were taken […]


Man left needing dental treatment after New Year attack

Man left needing dental treatment after New Year attack

A man needed dental treatment after he was attacked on his way home on New Year’s Eve. The 19 year old, who was dressed as a schoolgirl as part of the New Year celebrations, was making his way home when he was attacked near the Crown Hotel, on Lower St Edmund Street in Weymouth, Dorset. […]


Police officer shoots suspect after incident at dental office

Police officer shoots suspect after incident at dental office

A New Albany police officer has shot a suspect following an incident at a dental office. Police were called to the ImmediaDent dental practice at 1.30pm on Sunday after members of staff called for assistance with handling a man who was allegedly trying to commit prescription fraud. According to police Chief, Todd Bailey, an officer […]


Details of dentist murder case revealed after 20 years

Details of dentist murder case revealed after 20 years

Details of a case involving a dentist who killed his wife and his lover’s husband have emerged after 20 years. Yesterday, a court heard that Colin Howell, a 51 year old dentist, killed his wife, Lesley and his lover’s husband, Trevor Buchanan, in a “devious and professional manner.” Mr Howell finally admitted to the charges […]


Dentist accused of faking his own death appears in court

Dentist accused of faking his own death appears in court

A dentist accused of faking his own death has appeared in court. Neil McLaren allegedly staged his own death in a car crash in Amman, Jordan so that he could claim thousands of pounds worth of insurance benefits; following his staged death, he then moved to Scotland with a new identity and set about claiming […]


Jailed Stourbridge dentist’s fraud haul unknown

Jailed Stourbridge dentist’s fraud haul unknown

The extent of a jailed dentist’s fraudulent activity remains unknown after police revealed that a large proportion of the activity had been cleverly disguised and concealed. Jas Bachada and his colleague, Ikhlaq Hussain were jailed after fellow workers raised suspicions of fraud and started to gather evidence against the two men. On one occasion, a […]


New Zealand police call for dental records to identify victim

New Zealand police call for dental records to identify victim

Police in New Zealand have requested dental records after a person died when a campervan was caught up in flames in Canterbury. The burning van was spotted by a passing motorist on Sunday morning and police were called to the scene. A post-mortem was carried out on Monday in Christchurch. Police have not yet identified […]


Irish HSE re-opens sexual assault case against dentist

Irish HSE re-opens sexual assault case against dentist

The Irish Health Service Executive has announced that it will re-open a case against a former public dentist. The dentist, who is now retired, is suspected of abusing up to one hundred children during his years as a public dentist in the 1970’s. A woman who made a complaint to the Health Board more than […]