Twitter Crime Reconstruction Helps Build Case Against Armed Robbers

Surrey Police used Twitter to reconstruct a crime scene – and generated tips and evidence enough to help build a case against two violent robbers.

Calling it the world’s first Twitter crime reconstruction, Surrey Police tweeted a series of photos and information to over 53,000 Twitter users. The tweets were sent a month after a violent robbery, in an effort to find and connect with witnesses.

As the BBC reports, the criminals – 50-year-old Terrace Clark and father to 27-year-old Lewis Clark – are now in jail, having been sentenced to life and 16 years in prison respectively.

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