Forensics use new technology to crack Deliveroo driver case

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Thiago Cortes was working as a courier for the food delivery service Deliveroo died from injuries after he was knocked down while cycling at North Wall Quay September 2021. Picture: Stephen Collins / Collins Dublin

One of 10 case studies detailed in the FSI annual report is that of Deliveroo driver, Thiago Cortes.

On August 31, 2020, he was cycling along North Wall Quay in Dublin’s north inner city when he was hit by a vehicle and fatally injured. The vehicle fled the scene. A Ford Focus car was later found abandoned with damage to the windscreen, roof and bodywork.