From Nuremberg to the Old Bailey offers an insight into the early years of British forensic pathology through the experiences of Professor Keith Mant. A medical student on the eve of and during WW2, he was called up six months after qualifying, joining the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Captain Mant (having already taken officer training) took part in preparations for D Day. Whilst posted to a former German Military Hospital after VE Day, he was recruited to the War Crimes Group.

Now Major Mant, his initial investigations centred around exhuming allied servicemen suspected of being murdered in German custody. However, his focus quickly turned to medical experiments, particularly those performed at Ravensbruck concentration camp, helping to convict those responsible at the Nuremberg and Hamburg Trials.

In 1948, Dr Mant became the assistant of Professor Keith Simpson in the forensics department at Guy’s Hospital, succeeding him in 1972. From the 1950s-1980s he performed autopsies throughout Surrey, Hampshire, and Greater London. He also travelled widely as a lecturer, an examiner, and to provide a second opinion/present evidence.