Angela Gallop began her career with the Forensic Science Service in 1974.
36 Facts About Angela Gallop
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Angela Gallop's findings helped solve notorious cases such as the deaths of Roberto Calvi, Rachel Nickell, Lynette White, Damilola Taylor, and Gareth Williams.
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Angela Gallop took part in the investigation of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, finding no evidence to support theories of a conspiracy.
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Angela Gallop has been awarded the Order of the British Empire for her scientific contributions, detailed in her books, and has been portrayed on television.
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Angela Gallop was educated at Headington School but performed poorly and barely qualified for the sixth form, where a botany teacher sparked her interest in science.
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Angela Gallop studied botany at the University of Sheffield and biochemistry at the University of Oxford.
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Angela Gallop spent much of the early 1970s researching the biochemistry of chloroplasts in sea slugs on the Isle of Wight for her Doctor of Philosophy degree.
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Angela Gallop visited her first crime scene in February 1978, looking for clues about the murder in Huddersfield of Helen Rytka, later confirmed as a victim of Peter Sutcliffe.
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Angela Gallop intended to provide services to criminal defence lawyers, who could not rely on the FSS expertise at the time.
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Angela Gallop soon began investigating murder, assault, and arson cases as well as cold cases.
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Angela Gallop was commissioned by the defence in the trial of Robert Thompson for the murder of James Bulger.
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Angela Gallop founded another company, Forensic Alliance, in 1997, providing service to the police.
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Angela Gallop was asked in 2003 to review the evidence in the 2000 killing of Damilola Taylor.
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Angela Gallop found no grounds to support the claims of Fayed's father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, that the couple were killed in a conspiracy involving the British royal family.
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When investigating the Pembrokeshire coastal path murders, Angela Gallop prevailed upon the police to fund the expensive examination of trace evidence, which led to the conviction of the murderer.
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Angela Gallop considers this the most satisfying moment in her career and believes that the case would not have been solved without fiber examination.
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Angela Gallop contributed evidence to the Macpherson inquiry, which found that the initial investigation of Lawrence's death failed due to institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police.
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Angela Gallop was commissioned for the case again in 2006, providing key evidence that led to convictions.
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Angela Gallop has commented on the investigation into the death of Gareth Williams, the Secret Intelligence Service operative who was found dead in suspicious circumstances at a Security Service safe house flat in Pimlico, London, in 2010.
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Angela Gallop has worked on the investigations of alleged alien abductions.
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In 2010, Angela Gallop helped found Axiom International, which provides forensic and related advice to law enforcement agencies worldwide.
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Angela Gallop has since worked in Libya, Iraq, Somaliland, and Kosovo.
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In late 2021, Angela Gallop met John Actie, one of five black and mixed-race men who had been wrongly accused of the murder of Lynette White.
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Angela Gallop had spent two years in prison when Gallop's findings proved his innocence.
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Angela Gallop has reduced her involvement in frontline forensic work but has expressed an interest in taking on plenty of cold cases, including the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
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Angela Gallop started writing to record her life's work and to highlight the lack of funding and recognition for forensic scientists.
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Angela Gallop is careful about what she puts in her books and said that the inclusion of certain revealing elements of forensic technique "would make our job a lot more difficult".
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Angela Gallop is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde.
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Angela Gallop has served on the Independent Police Commission, chaired by Lord Stevens.
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Angela Gallop was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire as part of the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Angela Gallop is portrayed by actor Anastasia Hille in the 2021 TV miniseries titled The Pembrokeshire Murders.
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Angela Gallop has said that the cooperation with the police was not always so "very well mannered" and straightforward.
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Angela Gallop was played by Nancy Carroll in the 2021 TV miniseries Stephen, a drama following the fight for justice for murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.
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Angela Gallop was a guest on Desert Island Discs on 20 October 2022.
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Angela Gallop appeared on the 2023 Paramount+ show Murder of God's Banker.
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Angela Gallop has been married twice and has a son.