"Many Photos" - Forensic scientist who worked on Stephen Lawrence murder vows to try and crack Madeleine McCann case

A forensic scientist who worked on Stephen Lawrence's murder case has said she isn't daunted by the challenges of solving Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 

Angela Gallop CBE, 69, has worked on some of the UK's most well known cases during her 45 year career and is now a specialist in cold-case investigations.

The forensic biologist is now hoping to tackle the case of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in Portugal in 2007, admitting that it would be 'extraordinarily difficult.'

She told the Sunday Times Magazine: 'It would be extraordinarily difficult because it's in a different country and you don't know what's happened to the exhibits.'

Forensic scientist Angela Gallop, pictured, has said she isn't 'daunted' by the Madeleine McCann case but admits it would be 'extraordinarily difficult'

However she added that after being involved in several cases that looked 'hopeless' over the years.

She said: 'I'm not too daunted by anything these days. Every contact leaves a trace, it's just finding it.'

Madeleine McCann was three years old when she disappeared while on holiday from an apartment in the Algarve, Portugal, in 2007 while her parents were out for dinner.

In November the Home Office agreed to give £150,000 to detectives investigating her disappearance taking the amount of public money used in the search to £11.75million.  

Gallop has worked on numerous high profile cases throughout her career including examining the body of an 18-year-old victim of Peter Sutcliffe.

In 2006 her team was asked to look at evidence collected in the Stephen Lawrence case and played an important role in finally getting a conviction.

Gallop said the Madeleine McCann, left, case would be difficult as it happened in a different country and 'you don't know what's happened to the exhibits.' She has also worked on Stephen Lawrence's, right, murder case and found fibre evidence which was used to get a conviction

Stephen Lawrence, 18, was killed in a racist attack in southeast London in 1993 but the five men arrested for his murder were released without charge.

Professor Gallop's team found a flake of Lawrence's blood inside an evidence bag which had Gary Dobson's jacket inside.

They also found a small amount of blood on the jacket and a small hair matching Lawrence’s was found on David Norris’ clothing.

The team also found fibres from Lawrence's clothing on both the suspects' clothing, a finding which played a critical role in them being convicted. 

A year before, Gallop helped police review evidence in the stabbing of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor, who was killed in Peckham, south London, in 2000. 

Her team found traces of Damilola's blood on a trainer, DNA evidence which had been missed by investigators the first time around.

The scientist's team also found traces of of Damilola Taylor's, left, blood on a trainer, which had been missed the first time around when they looked at evidence. Gallop also worked on the case of Rachel Nickell, 23, right, who was killed on Wimbledon Common in 1992

This find helped convict brothers Danny and Ricky Preddie of manslaughter in 2006. 

Gallop told the Sunday Times Magazine: 'There are all these cases, and if they’re not investigated properly, a miscarriage of justice can lie undisturbed — and that’s what I worry about.'

The forensic scientist has also worked on the case of Rachel Nickell, 23, who was sexually assaulted and killed on Wimbledon Common in 1992.

Her work led to the conviction of Robert Napper and exonerated Colin Stagg who had previously been arrested for the crime. 

Gallop, who is the chief executive of AxiomInternational, told the Times Magazine that even after decades of solving crimes she still 'often thinks about cases all evening' and doesn't plan on stopping work soon. 

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