Tattoo technology could help crack cases

A NEW infra-red camera could help solve crimes by finding people’s hidden tattoos, a British university said.

Forensic scientists and detectives already look at tattoos as a way of identifying suspects or finding leads in investigations, but criminals can easily have them changed or updated.

Today scientists at the University of Derby said using an infra-red digital camera could help determine if a tattoo was an original, or if it was a second tattoo covering the old one.