Aberdeen based R2S Forensic has been credited for the key role it played in support of Operation Resolve.
The high profile Operation Resolve was set up by the Home Secretary in 2012. The purpose of the investigation was to prove or disprove whether the 96 people killed at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989, were unlawfully killed and where any individual or organisation is criminally culpable for their role in the disaster.
R2S Forensic was commissioned to create a 3D model to facilitate understanding of the stadium as it was at the time of the 1989 disaster. This incorporated 360° spherical photography, visualisation techniques and unique software allowing the jury to visit the site virtually, to open gates, for example, and ultimately form a tangible understanding of the infrastructure and the physical changes made in the intervening years.
While these changes were marked out with cones, during the jury’s actual visit to site, R2S Forensic combined the virtual images of the 1989 stadium with a model of the current stadium, and finally into a present day photographic capture. It effectively provided the jury with an intuitive, navigable representation of Hillsborough Stadium, past and present and included the original layout of the turnstiles, the exit gates, the stands, the pens, the perimeter gates and the police control box.
Sean Huff, operations manager, R2S Forensic, comments:
“It has been a privilege to be part of such an important and complex investigation. The use of our technologies and range of services at this level, underlines their value in presenting complex information simply and intuitively.”