Anthony Busuttil

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Anthony "Tony" Busuttil (born December 30, 1945 in Rabat , Malta) is an English pathologist of Maltese origin, former Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh . Busuttil became better known as the head of the pathologists and forensic scientists who identified the victims of the Lockerbie attack on December 21, 1988.

Life

Born and raised in Malta, Busuttil attended the Royal University of Malta and graduated in 1967. Busuttil completed his internship at St Luke's Hospital from 1967 to 69 in Malta. From 1969 to 1971 he completed his residency at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow. Also in 1969 he accepted a teaching position at the University of Glasgow, which he held until 1977.

From 1996 to 2004, Busuttil was editor-in-chief of the Proceedings and directed the publications of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh . During this time the layout of the paper was modernized and updated. In 2005 Busuttil withdrew from the professorship and became emeritus.

In addition to teaching, Busuttil worked as a forensic pathologist for the Lothian and Borders Police. He worked on several high-profile cases, in addition to the Lockerbie attack mentioned above, as well as the Dunblane Primary School Massacre .

In 2005 Busuttil appeared in the English television series "Unsolved", season 2, episode 13 Helen Puttock / Bible John and in 2010 in the English television series "Real Crime" in the episode Tobin: Portrait of a Serial Killer .

Awards

1999 Busuttil was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire . He is a Fellow of the Royal Society , the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , the Royal College of Pathologists , the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow , the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and has been awarded the Order of Merit .

Fonts

Books

  • 1996, Suspicious Death-Scene Investigation , (with Peter Savvas Vanezis )
  • 2002, Forensic medicine: clinical and pathological aspects (with Jason Payne-James and William Smock)
  • 2008, Pediatric forensic medicine and pathology (with Jean W. Keeling)

items

  • 2003, Risk factors for cot death increase danger from infection (with C. Caroline Blackwell and Donald M. Weir), in British Medical Journal January 25, 2003;
  • 2004, Patterns of presentation of the shaken baby syndrome - Four types of inflicted brain injury predominate ; British Medical Journal of March 27, 2004; 328 (7442): 766 .; doi : 10.1136 / bmj.328.7442.766 (with Robert A Minns)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scottish Education Department, Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh: Warrants under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual. In: London Gazette. November 17, 1987, accessed November 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d unknown: A single strand of hair can determine victim's fate. In: The Scotsman - Scotland's National Newspaper. Johnston Publishing Ltd., April 2, 2008, accessed November 25, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c unknown: Pathologist steps back from grisly frontline. FROM Lockerbie to Dunblane to Jodi Jones, he has fought for justice on behalf of the dead. In: The Scotsman - Scotland's National Newspaper. Johnston Publishing Ltd., November 20, 2005, accessed November 25, 2018 .
  4. ↑ John Bald: Pathologist speaks of horrors after Lockerbie bomb . Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
  5. ^ A b c Niall DC Finlayson: To Appreciation: Professor Anthony Busuttil OBE. In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2004, accessed November 22, 2018 .
  6. ↑ unknown: Famous and not so famous honored. In: BBC News website (News.BBC.co.uk). British Broadcasting Corporation , December 31, 1999, accessed November 25, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Busuttil, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busuttil, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maltese-British forensic scientist and pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Rabat (Malta)