Iain West
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Iain West was a British forensic pathologist.
He was involved in examining numerous deaths, many which are described in the book Dr Iain West's Casebook he published in collaboration with journalist Chester Stern.
From 1984 to 1998 he was head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Guy's Hospital
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Among the deaths Iain West investigated were that of Robert Maxwell
. Maxwell had fallen, jumped or been pushed overboard his yacht Lady Ghislaine 5 November 1991.
Iain West was commissioned by the insurance company to examine whether the death was accidental, a suicide or homicide.
20 million Pounds
were to be paid if the death was any other than accident of homicide.
West was of the opinion that suicide was slightly more likely than the accident.
Iain West also carried out the post mortem examinations of the BBC TV presenter Jill Dando
and the British police officer Yvonne Fletcher
who was shot from the Libyan embassy in 1984.
West also played a part in the release of the British soldier Lee Clegg
who had been convicted for murder.
Iain West's second wife was Vesna Djurovic, also a noted pathologist.
He was involved in examining numerous deaths, many which are described in the book Dr Iain West's Casebook he published in collaboration with journalist Chester Stern.
From 1984 to 1998 he was head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is a large NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in south east London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. It is a large teaching hospital and is home to the King's College London School of Medicine...
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Among the deaths Iain West investigated were that of Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire...
. Maxwell had fallen, jumped or been pushed overboard his yacht Lady Ghislaine 5 November 1991.
Iain West was commissioned by the insurance company to examine whether the death was accidental, a suicide or homicide.
20 million Pounds
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
were to be paid if the death was any other than accident of homicide.
West was of the opinion that suicide was slightly more likely than the accident.
Iain West also carried out the post mortem examinations of the BBC TV presenter Jill Dando
Jill Dando
Jill Wendy Dando was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader who worked for the BBC for 14 years. She was murdered by gunshot outside her home in Fulham, West London; her killer has never been identified....
and the British police officer Yvonne Fletcher
Yvonne Fletcher
WPC Yvonne Joyce Fletcher was a British police officer fatally shot during a protest outside the Libyan embassy at St. James's Square, London, in 1984. Fletcher, who had been on duty and deployed to police the protest, died shortly afterwards at Westminster Hospital...
who was shot from the Libyan embassy in 1984.
West also played a part in the release of the British soldier Lee Clegg
Lee Clegg
Sergeant Lee Clegg is a British Army soldier who was convicted of murder for his involvement in the shooting dead of two teenage joyriders in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. His conviction was later overturned.-Shooting:...
who had been convicted for murder.
Iain West's second wife was Vesna Djurovic, also a noted pathologist.