Qualifications:

• BSc Degree in Pathobiology with Chemistry obtained from The University of Reading
• CBiol Chartered Biologist
• MIBiol Member of the Institute of Biology
• MRSC Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Assoc SOE Associate of the Society of Operational Engineers
• Assoc IRTE Associate of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers
• RFP Registered Forensic Practitioner

• Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society
• Member of the Forensic Science Society
• Member of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences

Mr Stephens has worked solely as a forensic scientist since 1989. He has carried many experiments in both blood and breath alcohol levels in individuals. Having run the Camic Datamaster, Lion Intoximeter 3000, Lion Intoxilyzer 6000UK + Intoximeter EC/IR evidential breath testing devices many hundreds of times during test conditions, he has had published a paper on the Camic Datamaster and the minimum lung function required to provide a sample in the Journal of the Forensic Science Society together with other related articles and papers. He has also carried out tests upon mouth alcohol, and the effects of various medical conditions upon an individual's ability to metabolise alcohol. Mr Stephens has prepared reports involving thousands of BAC calculations and when required, given evidence in both Magistrate and Crown Courts. He has also acted upon the instructions of the Crown solicitor in relation to fatal levels of alcohol, and provides evidence on a regular basis for both the Prosecuting authorities and defence solicitors. Mr Stephens also gave evidence on alcohol metabolism to the Marchiness enquiry.

Mr Stephens has lectured as part of the FAGIN course, a course for police surgeons to gain their DMJ, on breath, blood and urine alcohol levels along with the various methods of analysis, problems and the procedures involved. He has also lectured to students taking BScs in Forensic Science at the University of Teesside and since 1997 / 1998 has lectured at Kings College London on alcohol metabolism and the evidential breath test devices as part of the MSc course in Forensic Science. Mr Stephens also lectures on alcohol metabolism and related matters on a forensic course run by the University of Southern Mississippi.

Mr Stephens has also supervised MSc students on their three month practical assignments from both Kings College London and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.