FOR3701 Assignment 1 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

Well-structured FOR3701 Assignment 1 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED. (DETAILED ANSWERS - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED!). .... Question 1 According to the information on the module site, who is the primary lecturer of this module and what are their contact details? (1) CASE STUDY Tributes pour in for second victim in AKA fatal shooting, book author & celeb chef Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane Rapper Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, popularly known as AKA, was murdered in Durban in February 2023. Kiernan “AKA” Forbes was followed from his airport landing hours before his 10 February 2023 killing as part of an elaborate assassination plot hatched by six arrested suspects, police revealed late on Tuesday. KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi announced that one more suspect would be arrested for the murder of AKA, who was shot with his friend and business partner Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane outside a Florida Road, Durban, restaurant in an alleged hit. Forbes was the main target, said the commissioner. “The spotter initially followed Mr Forbes from the airport on arrival…to the hotel, as well as the restaurant where the incident happened,” Mkhwanazi said. “This person [who followed AKA] was also responsible for hiring [and] gathering resources together, the whole team together, as well as the 3 rewards that came thereafter when the people had done their jobs — that payments that were done.” Four vehicles — including a BMW that followed AKA around Durban — and the alleged murder weapon are part of the evidence” (Koko, 2024). Question 2 The following information is fictional and has been designed as part of the case study by the lecturer. As the Task Team leader, you are to lead this investigation. In order to gather evidence of the incident, you access the CCTV footage of the parking area where the crime took place. You notice the presence of a Black SUV with tinted windows to the West side of the scene, prior to the shooting. The license plate is not visible. Immediately after the incident, the driver of the SUV rolled down the window, took a photo of the scene with his cell phone, and sped away, crashing into a lamp pole, as he left the scene. The THREE shooters can be seen fleeing in the opposite direction, in a Grey BMW. In their haste to leave the scene, one of the shooters drops his blue hat; but he does not return to retrieve it. You notice it lying on the ground. The licence plate of the Grey BMW is Noizy-27-ZN. Question 2.1 When considering the physical evidence that may have been left at the scene by the Black SUV, what principle can be applied and how does this principle work? Briefly motivate your answer. (5) Question 2.2 Using the information contained in the case study, recommend any THREE resources that may be of value to find possible evidence left by the perpetrator(s) who fled the scene in the BMW. Explain how each one of these resources will assist in the identification of the perpetrator(s). (6) 4 Question 2.3 If you want to make use of expert evidence, which division/department do you need to contact to attend the scene? Motivate your answer. (3) Question 2.4 Based on your answer in 2.3, may this division/department get involved? Motivate your answer. (2) [16] Question 3 Do you remember a time when there were no cell phones? It seems that most people today have access to or own at least one cellular telephone. This means that wherever they go, they can be tracked. Question 3.1 What is this principle called that is used to trace a person’s movement electronically and how does it work? (4) Question 3.2 Based on your answer in question 3.1, how does one get access to this type of evidence? Motivate your answer. (4) Question 3.3 Based on the information provided, how could you trace the owner of the grey BMW? (2) Question 3.4 Using the information from question 3.3, you trace the owner of the Grey BMW to a premises in Main Road, Durban. Do you think surveillance is an effective investigative technique to gather additional information? Motivate your answer. (3) [13] 5 Question 4 This question is in the form of a crossword puzzle. Use the clues provided under the headings ACROSS and DOWN, to populate the spaces in the empty puzzle. The clues have been taken from the entire study guide. Across 2. surveillance done in secret 5. polygraph detects this 10. cellphone communication is not possible without this 12. investigative technique used by public and private entities 14. a factor that has an impact on the polygraph outcome 15. are determined by the type of surveillance operation 16. a requirement to make a pointing out valid 18. this is how managers help their staff achieve objectives 19. this type of criminal usually only steals specific things 20. pointing out is an additional means to gather this Down 1. also known as a mobile station 3. Latin term that means this 4. this principle is the starting point of an investigation 6. influences the modus operandi of the criminal 7. the signature of a criminal before, during, or after a crime 8. calls are processed here in the network 9. people with this illness should not undergo a polygraph 11. whatever the suspect says during a pointing out may constitute this 13. a disadvantage of surveillance 17. a basic management function