The next generation for the forensic extraction of electronic evidence from mobile telephones

Abstract

Electronic evidence extracted from a mobile telephone provide a wealth of information about the user. Before a court allows the trier of fact to consider the electronic evidence, the court must ensure that the subject matter, testimony of which is to be given, is scientific. Therefore, regard must, at the investigation stage, be given to fulfill the requirements of science and law, including international standards. Such compliance also moves the extraction of electronic evidence from mobile telephones into the next generation, a more rigorous position as a forensic science, by being able to give in court well- reasoned and concrete claims about the accuracy and validity of conclusions.