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 BORN IN ENGLAND, MADE IN SCOTLAND 

 

Have lived in Fife, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and a mosquito (posh midge) infested Minnesota. I also lived and worked on USA based cruise ships for 3 years. I am a Navy kid. This hopefully explains my accent.

This is the essence of me, in a visual...

I am on the one on the right but own the mask on the left

When I was wee I wanted to be Juliet Bravo, Quincy, Cagney or Lacey, Dempsey or Makepeace, and Jessica Fletcher. I also wanted to be in the A-Team and on the stage. 

 

I performed in my first show when I was 8, wrote a paper on Jack the Ripper when I was 11 and by 16 was running my own youth theatre.  

 

In 2015 I had my first peer-reviewed paper published and in 2016 I worked on my first live murder inquiry.

 

People I think are epic, other than my Mum, Dad and wee sis, obv: Barbra Streisand,  Linda Eder, John E Douglas, Robert K Ressler, Ann Wolbert Burgess, David Wilson, David Canter, Katherine Ramsland, Sue Black, Jan Fennell, Kerry Daynes, Cliff Lansley, Dawn Archer.

 You may start to see a jazz hand / cat & dog / forensics theme emerging... 

I’ve spent over 30 years studying serial offenders, backed by a BSc (Hons) in Forensic Psychobiology and a CertHE in Forensic Science & Medicine. My obsession started at age 11 when I wrote a paper on Jack the Ripper for a school class presentation and included acetate sheets of the murder locations and crime scenes on the OHP whilst providing paper handouts like a tiny Victorian lecturer. The bullies avoided me for two weeks cos they thought I was a psycho. A win.

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I’ve worn many hats over the years: working with offenders and those at risk; teaching kids and adults; running acting and CSI workshops; performing as an actor and singer.

 

I’ve recorded children’s nursery rhyme albums, produced films with my BAFTA-winning business partner, and founded more organisations than I intended - including the East of Scotland General Branch of Equity and the British Actors Network.

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When I’m not knee-deep in serial killer chat or wrangling clients, I can be found surrounded by cats and dogs. Since 2014 I’ve fostered 39 of the wee feckers and Raw's Paws is now an established home boarding business.

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I’ve worked on a live murder inquiry, been peer reviewed and published, and I chair Children’s Panel hearings every month.

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In a nutshell: I’m the person who can help you bury the body, keep our alibis straight, AND film the whole thing in 4K for future blackmail material - purely hypothetical, obv 😄

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As a CPD Certified Virtual Assistant & Member of the Society of Virtual Assistants, I have lots of skills...

"...a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a [dream] for people like you.  I will look for you, I will find you and I will [work with] you.” That Bloke off That Film

 

Sample skills

  • Typing really fast

  • Juggling (balls only, ideally just 3)

  • Spinning plates

  • Nailing jelly to walls

  • Knitting fog

  • Lowering a lifeboat from a capsizing cruise ship whilst managing 200 screaming and panicking holidaymakers

  • I can tell the difference between Ant & Dec

  • Horse riding: I've ridden a horse 3 times in my life (not the same horse)

  • Herding cats

  • Bottling farts

  • When in water, I float like a jobby

  • I can tell the difference between a chicken breast and a human liver when shown a picture of each having been discarded in a field*

*the breast and liver were discarded in a field, I was not.

PROFESSIONAL / INDUSTRY MEMBERSHIPS

  • Federation of Small Businesses​

  • Society of Virtual Assistants

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  • The British Psychological Society (incl. Forensic Psychology Division)

  • The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences

  • The Royal Society of Biology 

  • The Whitechapel Society

  • The STEM Network

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  • Children's Hearings Scotland

  • Scottish Children's Hearings Association

  • The Child Production Support Hub

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  • War Widows Association

  • Royal Naval Association

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  • The Pet Professional Guild

  • Pet Industry Federation

  • Pet Industry Advocacy International

  • Pet Services Association

  • Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

 

  • ​Independent Producers Scotland

  • Association of Film and Television Practitioners​

 

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