Bernd Brinkmann

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Bernd Brinkmann
Born (1939-04-07) 7 April 1939 (age 85)
Forensic pathologist
EmployerUniversity of Münster (1981-2007)

Bernd Brinkmann (born 7 April 1939) is a German forensic pathologist.

Biography

Bernd Brinkmann was the director of the Institute of Legal Medicine of the University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany from 1981 until 2007. From 1990 until 2009 he served as the Coordinating Editor of the International Journal of Legal Medicine.

Brinkmann became a member of the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1991[1] and was president of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rechtsmedizin (DGRM) (1995–2001), the International Academy of Legal Medicine (1994–2000) and the International Society for Forensic Genetics
(1990–1994).

He is director of the

paternity tests
for German courts.

Notable cases

In 1997, with Luigi Capasso and Annunziata Lopez, at the request of Otello Lupacchini GIP in Rome, Brinkmann researched the circumstances of the death of

Vatican Bank. Calvi was said to have committed suicide but tests performed by Brinkmann proved that Calvi wouldn't have been able to hang himself this way and that he was thus actually murdered.[2] Brinkmann's findings lead to a new investigation into Calvi's death[3] and a murder trial in Italy in 2005
.

In 2000, Brinkmann together with

Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette.[4][5]

In 2004, Brinkmann - as an expert on

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - was called as an expert witness in a lengthy trial against a man accused of killing his own daughter and his testimony was crucial in proving that the death was of natural causes.[6]

In 2010, Brinkmann was named as an expert witness in the trial of Jörg Kachelmann by the defense but was rejected by the court as biased.[7]

In 2014,

ligature mark on her father's neck was circular rather than V-shaped as is commonly the case with hanging victims, and called the coroner's attention to a statement by one of the responding paramedics who found it strange that Berezovsky's face was purple, rather than pale as hanging victims usually are. The body also had a fresh wound on the back of the head and a fractured rib (injuries police believed Berezovsky could have suffered in the process of falling as he hanged himself).[8]

References

  1. ^ "Leopoldina: List of Members". Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. ^ "New tests 'say Calvi was murdered'". BBC. 19 April 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ^ "New inquiry in Italian banker's death". BBC. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ^ Daley, Suzanne (20 April 2000). "Genetics Offers Denouement To Mystery of Prince's Death". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ^ Labi, Nadya (May 1, 2000). "Requiem for a Dauphin". Time. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. ^ Rückert, Sabine (27 January 2005). "Sieg des Rechts". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Gericht lehnt den Gutachter von Kachelmann ab". Die Welt (in German). 7 October 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  8. ^ Duffin, Claire (28 March 2014). "Billionaire critic of Putin may have been murdered, rules coroner". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

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