How to identify a body: the Marchioness disaster and my life in forensic pathology

Published: May 3, 2019, 11 a.m.

In my career, I have investigated many of the UK’s worst disasters. Few cases were as harrowing as the sinking of the Marchioness in 1989, which left scores dead and almost impossible to identify • Warning: this piece contains graphic descriptions of dead bodies • Read the text version here. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod