Mr David Anley
Primary Areas of Expertise
- Forensic Imagery Analysis
- Face Mapping / Facial comparison
- Photogrammetric Measurement and Analysis
- Clothing Comparison
- Height Assessment
- CCTV & video enhancement and analysis
- Forensic Vehicle Identification
- VRM assessment
- Vehicle Comparison
- Weapons Identification and Analysis
- Event Analysis
- Aerial Imagery analysis
- Expert Witness Service
Experience
David qualified as an Imagery Analyst from the Joint School of Photographic Interpretation in 1995. He then served as a Intelligence Imagery Analyst at the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, RAF Brampton. While in this post, David was involved in comparison and contrast of various objects utilising optical, electro-optical, infrared and radar imagery.
Following his retirement from the army, David held the post of Senior Consultant in Imagery Analysis at a highly-regarded, London-based forensic services company. He worked on over 700 cases accepting instructions from both the prosecution and defence and has given evidence in court as an Expert Witness on more than 100 cases. For most of these cases David has acted as expert witness in the Central Criminal Court.
Notable cases include:
- R -v- Levi Bellfield
- R -v- Lee Rusha and Others (Securitas Robbery, 2006)
- R -v- Kart and Kart
- Graff Jewellery Robbery, 2009
Memberships
- Forensic Science Society
- Brisith Association for Human Identification (BAHID)
- Forensic Imagery Analysis Group (FIAG)
Teaching Commitments
David was appointed Chief Instructor at the Joint School of Photographic Interpretation in 2001 and is currently a guest lecturer on forensic imagery analysis at the University of Kent.



